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To: All; MEG33; Billie; The Mayor; LUV W; Kitty Mittens; Diver Dave; lonestar; GodBlessUSA; jwalsh07; ..

Mother's Day Blessings to all the wonderful Mom's. And to all the Mom's in your life.

MY MOTHER KEPT A GARDEN
~author unknown~

My Mother kept a garden,
a garden of the heart,
She planted all the good things
that gave my life it's start.

She turned me to the sunshine
and encouraged me to dream,
Fostering and nurturing
the seeds of self-esteem...

And when the winds and rain came,
she protected me enough-
But not too much because she knew
I'd need to stand up strong and tough.

Her constant good example
always taught me right from wrong-
Markers for my pathway
that will last a lifetime long.

I am my Mother's garden.
I am her legacy-
And I hope today she feels the love
reflected back from me

154 posted on 05/14/2006 8:32:25 AM PDT by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans)

To: deadhead; All

Happy Mother's Day to everyone out there. Have a blessed day in the arms of your family.

Dixie

155 posted on 05/14/2006 8:47:03 AM PDT by dixie sass

That graphic is amazing!

160 posted on 05/14/2006 9:36:30 AM PDT by Majie Purple

To: All; Mama_Bear; MEG33; LUV W; LadyX; GodBlessUSA; deadhead; dixie sass; DollyCali; Kitty Mittens; ..

Sweet Ladies, may all the love you've given your children be returned three fold on this your special day. : )

((((Meggsie)))))...great news about your daughter! : )

164 posted on 05/14/2006 11:16:09 AM PDT by ST.LOUIE1

God bless your Mom! :-}

172 posted on 05/14/2006 3:13:47 PM PDT by jwalsh07

To: deadhead; MEG33; LUV W; Mama_Bear; All

"I am my Mother's garden.
I am her legacy-
And I hope today she feels the love
reflected back from me"

Oh, Colleen, how very beautiful and poignant this is, especially to those of us who lost their mother early in life, as did you and I.
Just the other day I came upon my mother's last letter to me, written in 1964.
I was in Fairbanks, Alaska and she wrote how much she wished I were there in Florida having a cup of coffee with her, as we often had. I had lived with my parents for 4 1/2 years after a disastrous first marriage.
They never complained nor critized me, and had allowed me to be the mother to my little fellows, and they remained the grandparents.

Just weeks later she was stricken by a burst aneurysm, and passed away in 1965, with my never having seen nor heard her voice again.
While the missing her part is tremendous, greater still is my appreciation of the wonderful human being she was...she never, ever raised her voice to my sisters or me, and we genuinely wanted to please her in every way.

To all those who expressed here Mother's Day greetings, thank you.

173 posted on 05/14/2006 3:28:53 PM PDT by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))

Lovely Deadhead
I hope you had a wonderful Sunday!

189 posted on 05/15/2006 4:34:45 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

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