A Few Of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-10, 05-11-03.....Week In Review

Billie and dansangel

[Dubya]

Thanks for sharing. I wish I could tell my Mom "I love you" one more time.

[Aquamarine]

Happy Mother's Day!

[Diver Dave]

Great story, Maggie.

Please give your living mothers a hug for me...

The hugs will have to wait til this summer when we head over the river and through the woods to visit. In the meantime, I'll be one of those folks jammin up the phone lines.

Happy Mother's Day, Auntie M

[jwfiv]

Thank you, Colleen...such a beautiful picture in that web cam...diet coke, bagel, the paper, a view like that...now, that's livin'...)

[knighthawk]

Good afternoon!

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!!!

This is the day the Lord has made!

Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

HAPPY LORD's DAY!

HAPPY MOTHER's DAY TO ALL THE MOM's BOTH LIVING AND DECEASED!

Here I will list the most wonderful women in my life, my mother who is happily still here and my grandmothers who are with the Lord.

May God bless Gertrude (mom)

Clara (Mom's mom)

Ethel (dad's mom)

AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL WHO POST AND LURK ON THIS THREAD!

[deadhead]

Wishing everyone a Happy and Blessed Mother's Day

Colleen

[nicmarlo]

Good Morning, All

[dansangel]

Good Morning to you both! Thank-you for sharing your thoughts, ((((Pippin)))). I, too, am blessed to still have my mother, but my beloved Grandmothers are with our Lord.

Thank-you for the graphic, ((((((nicmarlo))))))). I'm about to leave for the one and a half hour trip to see my daughter. This will be the last time we can visit her in Macon since she and my son-in-law are moving to VA Memorial Day weekend. :-(

Happy Day to you both!

[nicmarlo]

Thank you dansangel, enjoy seeing your daughter and have a wonderful day! : )

[nicmarlo]

thank you, dutchess.....this thread brightens my day....and there are some folks here who just make me laugh....thanks to you and all who put this thread together!

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, Pippin !

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Mother's Day !!

64 degrees as I post this, headin' for around 79. A bit of a cool spell for Mother's Day.

Have a cup while you FReep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

[MeekOneGOP]

My Mom a few years before she passed away, with a great nephew I think . . .

Million $ Hug from Mom!
Rest in Peace.

[jwfiv]

Happy Mother's Day to all Freeper Moms and all Freepers' Moms...)

God Bless America, land that I love.

[JustAmy]

[LadyX]

A Letter To Mom, With Love

Dear Mom,

Seems as if it were just the other morning we had coffee together in the kitchen, easing into the day, that last morning together. I, of course, had no idea it was the very last time.

That night you and Daddy placed the boys and me on the plane to go to South Dakota, to a new chapter in our lives; and oh my, has it been an adventure!

Our letters were frequent, and the next year, I had a baby daughter. When we went from there to Fairbanks two months later, you always seemed to know when it was 3 days before pay day and the fellows from the unit had consumed our edibles, not realizing military pay limitations.

You'd taught me, though, about the fishes and the loaves - and just in case delivery of those was slow, you'd tuck those precious $5 bills in letters "to spend on myself"..:))

Although you went Home while I was perched on top of the world, you always have been there for me with your personification of love in this life....had conveyed without so many words one could succeed if you had self-respect (based on the Ten Commandments) and a sense of humor.

It didn't matter if I fell short of the mark - you always had a smile and an encouraging word. Anne and Carolyn and I were so blessed to have had you to love and guide us.

I'm at the other end of life now, and older than you were when you left.

Feeling often your presence and the power of your prayers, and Daddy's, you live on in me and in my children. I cannot thank you enough for the foundation you laid - the guidance when I stumbled - and always the love you gave us.

There is no sadness in remembering you, not physically visible on this day of honoring mothers.
As I do every year, I cannot order flowers to send you, so I plant them all over the yard to remind me of God's Creations, of which you are one of the most beautiful.

Spent much of yesterday doing that, Mom, and laughing, knowing you will overlook the weeds and spotted leaves on the three rose bushes (!) - that you will focus on the flowers that thrive and blossom, and know they are for you.
You taught me the spots and thorns are all a necessary part of growth, and to just keep trying - that the Master Gardener is always there to consult.

Thank you for being there for me all my life, even though you became a flower in His Garden - - one of the loveliest, I know.

Here is your favorite - not roses, but red carnations - -

To Mom, With Love - - -

[MeekOneGOP]

To Mom, With Love - - -

Amen ! Thanks. Beautiful post . . .

[humblegunner]

That was absolutely beautiful, LadyX.. reminds me how lucky I am
to have my mom so close to me. I'm headed over there shortly in fact..
grilled fish and vegetables are her request for the day.

[dixie sass]

That reminds me of my Granny's side yard and my Grandmomma's backyard. Granny had the most incredible green thumb - everything she grew flourished and was incredibly beautiful. All of us have a little of her green thumb - she taught us nothing grows without love.

[dixie sass]

Happy Mothers Day everyone. May the Good Lord bless you and keep you and may you rejoice in his bountiful love and graciousness.