Earlier this year my mom gave me the picture and it was only then that I realized it was a picture from a magazine that had been stuck in a frame. It seems like there was a lot of that in people that lived through the Depression.
I wonder if we'll start again?
As far as Mother's day, a couple of month's ago I sent the MOM QUIZ to my kidlets and had them fill it out. YoungSon just did his yesterday as a quasi-Mother's day gift, and there is one answer that made me choke up (#15, which I left in)
Here's the entire quiz for you to torture your children with:
1. What is something your mom always says to you?
2.What makes your mom happy?
3. What makes your mom sad?
4. How does your mom make you laugh?
5. What did your mom like to do when she was a child?
6. How old is your mom?
7. How tall is your mom?
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
11. What is your mom really good at?
12. What is your mom not very good at?
13. What does your mom do for her job?
Gets the government to believe that she is looking for work... Ha!
14. What is your mom's favorite food?
15. What makes you proud of your mom?
That she is who she is. That may sound like a cop out, but it's actually one of the highest forms of praise I could bestow on her. After over 40 years of intense, hurtful pressure to change into someone the world wants her to be - in short, to deny her heart in order to direct some of the hardships of life away from her, she has stood true to who she must be. A lesser woman would have caved.
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
17. What do you and your mom do together?
18. How are you and your mom the same?
19. How are you and your mom different?
20. How do you know your mom loves you?
21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
Tomorrow should be (crossing fingers for video transfer to work properly) shots of Husband almost dropping a huge limb on my head and my sprained ankle.
Woo hooo!!!!
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10 comments:
Goodness! I hope you are okay!!! Oh, I guess you are, you posted! HA
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/
What a great son! I hope you had a great Mother's Day. Um....sprained ankle? OUCH!
That would have choked me up as well! If your child sees it and recognizes it then you must be doing something right!
Nice words from your son. Unfortunately, our little ones are too busy destroying the house and car (I learned that pennies will fit in the van dvd player and only cost like $50 to remove).
Folks are just learning the hard way , they don't NEED so much to get by.
Hey Lady, you won!
Drop me a line via email on my blog and I will send it out tomorrow.
Congrats!
Hi Meadowlark !
Since your son emphasized it/you pointed it out...
would you explain more about this in a post ? I love hearing stories of being true to yourself and overcoming adversity.
" After over 40 years of intense, hurtful pressure to change into someone the world wants her to be - in short, to deny her heart in order to direct some of the hardships of life away from her, she has stood true to who she must be. A lesser woman would have caved."
This is a great post and a nice mother's day gift from your son. Reading through the list made me think of ways to enjoy my kids more so thanks!
Good timing on that sprained ankle, as I did so last weekend (not the one just past, but the one before) on Sunday while chasing my dogs through the woods.
The picture in the frame was a nice touch, as I have seen, and done the same thing myself, especially when I was unable to afford other things I liked (then I learned to draw them, and my mom still has those drawings :)
And to tell one answer about my mom, the one thing I know she always says whenever we talk, is my name in full first middle and last as I usually tell her a bad joke that will about make her spit tea through her nose, and she does not like that timing ;-)
The answer from your son was a good one, and he is right in what he said. He has every right to be proud of you as his mom, and more of your accomplishments in this life.
Totally stealing the mom-list for use on my blog soon. :-)
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