5.14.2010

Happy Mother's Day

No matter how long I've been a mother,
I still can't grasp that Mother's Day
is a day that is now meant for me too.

Not as long as this lovely lady is around.

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To me, Mother's Day will always be the day I celebrate
my very own wonderful mother.
It just isn't about me...it will always belong to her.

JR and I are very fortunate to live so near
and have her play such a huge role in our lives.

My children bask in the glow of their Nana whenever she sees them
(which is practically every day).

The second they see her car pull into the driveway,
they scamper to the front practically clawing at one another
to be the first one she sees when she opens the door.
Sometimes they hide in plain sight and she pretends to look
for them
and ask me if I've seen them
for several minutes as they giggle thinking she can't find them.

They soak up her attention, hugs and kisses like little sponges
and search her purse for the goodies that she inevitably brings them.
I love hearing her speak to them from the other room.
She says things that I had almost forgotten she used to say
exactly the same way to me decades ago...
"Hello my little sugar plum!"
When Sweetie comes excitedly running over to kiss me goodbye
as she's off for an adventure with Nana;
I see she is sporting two perfect pigtails in her hair,
with matching bows just as my mother used to do with me so long ago.
As I watch them walk away hand in hand together
I recall with crystal ball clarity the beautiful
childhood memories she made for me.

WonderBoy loves to tattle on me to Nana.
He'll tell her that I may not have made the bed (like she does)
or I didn't put something in its place (like she does)
or that he isn't happy with my choice of dinner for the evening
(since I don't cater to his every whim, like she does).

I can't help but laugh inside as he turns into more
of a little brother to me when the Big Gun arrives.
As he recounts what he percieves to be my (ahem) transgressions...
he wears a sly little smirk on his face that he would never use on me
never, that is, unless my mother is around.
It clearly says that he's not the least bit worried about any consequences
his words may carry since Nana always sides with her only grandson and,
in his words...Nana "trumps" me since she is the Mother of the Mother.

He's got a point, there.
No matter how old I get...she's always my mother and, well, I'm just fine with that!

Mom, thank you for giving me life, for raising me with so much love and attention to detail, for always being there for me, for giving me such a wonderful foundation to build my own family upon and for being such a very special complement to all of our lives.

You are a treasure.


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Happy Mother's Day

This day will always be yours!

Special update on this post:

When my mom read it she sent me this reply


Darling Daughter . . . Thank you for the wonderful tribute!
It was worth living 73 years just to hear it! Now I can die peacefully!
P.S. The only reason I make pigtails in my little Sweetie’s hair
is because I never mastered how to braid! Wait! Hold off on that dying bit!
Maybe I could live just a little longer and learn how to braid!
Love, Mother

11 comments:

  1. What a beautiful tribute post to your gorgeous Mom. You and your children are so lucky to have her living so close and what wonderful memories you are creating. Have a wonderful weekend.

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  2. This is such a sweet tribute to your mom. It makes me hope my children will think of me so fondly when I'm the Grandmother.

    I love these photos! Can I ask what lens you used? beautiful composition and that looks like a gorgeous restaurant!

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  3. This is a lovely tribute to your mom. I thank her also for delivering you unto the world.

    I am right there with you, somehow I still can't accept that Mother's Day applies to me now.

    You deserve this day as much as she I hope you ejoyed it.

    Love Valerie

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  4. What a beautiful tribute to your mother. I feel the same way about my mom. She lives less than a mile away and my kids swoon when she rings the door bell. It makes me so happy inside. Looks like you had a wonderful Mother's Day.

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  5. Happy Mother's Day to you both! It's so great that WB & SP have been able to enjoy as much time with their Nana as possible! I didn't get to spend much time with my own abuela growing up and it is something I've truly grown to miss in my adult years.

    See you tomorrow??

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  6. Beautiful Dita!

    The seeds of love and greatness were planted and tended in you by a very special lady and now you are that too. And the beat goes on!

    Happy Mother's Day my friend!!
    xoxo

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  7. I so feel the same about this holiday and my own momma. It's never about me... always about her.

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  8. Our Mom's are really treasures, aren't they? You know that we have a very similar situation with "grandma" here in our house:)

    What a beautiful post Dita.....your words always hit home with me. It looks as though you all had a very special Mother's Day!!!

    Fabulous pictures:)

    Enjoy your weekend!!

    xo,

    Lisa

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  9. Well...I had to get up and get a kleenex so I could see to comment. :) It's 2:20am and I'm sitting at the dining room table in tears over your post.

    It does not surprise me one bit that your mother is beautiful through and through...look at you!

    You have touched my heart once again... you are so full of love. If only more people in this world carried such a gift...I suppose we might be living in heaven. :)

    Happy Mother's Day!

    luv
    me

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  10. Well...I had to get up and get a kleenex so I could see to comment. :) It's 2:20am and I'm sitting at the dining room table in tears over your post.

    It does not surprise me one bit that your mother is beautiful through and through...look at you!

    You have touched my heart once again... you are so full of love. If only more people in this world carried such a gift...I suppose we might be living in heaven. :)

    Happy Mother's Day!

    luv
    me

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  11. My kids live and breath for their Nana too! The clawing at the door, the hiding bit...same here. Happy Mother's Day to you and your Mom!

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