Happy Memorial Day! God Bless Our Service Men and Women! And, Thank You Kay!

We will NEVER forget..........the men and women who died to protect the freedoms we have in this country. We are so grateful to them and their families for their immense sacrifice.

I was a young adult during the Viet Nam war. It's so horrifying to remember the treatment of these troops when they came home from the war. I'm so glad that doesn't happen anymore and that we, as a country, show our gratitude to our heros.

God Bless you! And, THANK YOU!

We can't begin to express our gratitude to you.

And, to those who are family members who have lost a loved one in battle, our hearts go out to you. We are so sorry for your loss.

We'll all be having BBQ'S and picnics this weekend. We'll be spending time with family and friends. I hope everyone takes a moment to remember those who won't have their loved one to party with.........

And now.......on a totally different subject! LOOK AT THIS! How special is it? The sweet little Aussie, Kay, from www.sweetasparadise.blogspot.com took EIGHT pictures at the sea for me with both Mum and Mom written in the sand for my Memory Jar! How dear is that? I appreciate it so much and LOVE them. I can't wait to get them printed so I can add them to all my sweet memories.

Thank you Kay!

Gosh those Aussies are nice gals! I've met quite a few now and they're just wonderful!

So.......I'm sending big hugs to all you Aussie gals!........especially Kay!


Please be safe this Memorial Day weekend.

Blessings and Hugs,
Spencer

xoxoxoxox

Missing My Dear, Sweet Mum On Mother's Day....

My Sweet Mum passed away the day after Christmas last year. I actually started this blog to help deal with the loss. This will be the first Mother's Day I won't be able to have her with me........to pamper and celebrate her. She was just the sweetest Mum ever.

This picture was taken just before she passed away. She was so sick, but my darling daughter and grandson came over for the day to be with her. She taught us how to make her famous Rhubarb Custard Pie that day. This is the very last picture I have of her. I'm so glad we took snaps that day. They say you can tell a lot about the body language in a picture......look how she has her arms all wrapped up in mine.........Isn't that just so sweet? Bless her little heart, she had bandages on both arms. Her skin was so thin that if you just bumped her she would bleed and she fell all the time. There is nothing worse than hearing your sweet Mum fall. It broke my heart.

During her last years she moved to a bottom floor apartment. The bedroom window faced the parking lot. She didn't live far from me so I'd zip over to see her often. I'd call when I was nearly there......when I drove up she'd be standing in that window waiting for me and when I left she'd stand there and wave good-bye. It made me so sad, even then. She loved me so much, and like lots of mom's, her biggest joy was just spending time with me. As soon as she opened the door she always said..........."HI HONEY.........I'll put on the tea"..........Gosh she was sweet.

My Mum at about 20.........wasn't she just a doll???

Sweet Mum...........she's about 60 here........She has her head cocked the exact same way!

I'm the kind of girl who needs to do "concrete" things when I'm hurting.......this is the memory jar I made for my Mum.........It has a picture of her, her favorite earrings, a tea cup she gave to me, her watch, a love letter from my Dad and a little sign I made for her that she had in her bathroom........"You are so loved, my sweet Mum".........I don't know why it comforts me, but it does.

I don't know if you've been over to St. Michael's Wife's blog, but she wrote this comment on my blog......it meant the world to me......I'll print it out and keep it with my special things.

Welcome home, sweet friend! Your Mum won't be here Sunday, but YOU will. And, obviously your Mum taught you a lot about being a great Mum because I'm sure that's how Dodi would describe you. So, in reality, you've been honoring your precious Mum the entire time you've been taking care of your own baby and HER baby! think how proud your Mum would be! Seeing the Mum YOU are is the most wonderful way you can express your appreciation for your Mum. She has passed the crown to you, and now is your time to allow Dodi to express her appreciation for you. And so the blessing within the circle of life continues!

Celebrate who your Mum was and who she raised you to be by choosing joy this week, dear one.


Isn't that just the sweetest message? What a great gal St. Michael's Wife is. If you haven't met this lovely Christian gal before, please go see her. You'll love her too! :-)
http://stmichaelswife.blogspot.com/

Isn't the blog-world just wonderful? I've met so many wonderful women here......And, I appreciate all of you more than I can say.

Thank you so much for your visit today and for taking a moment to read about my special, precious Mum.........the Mum who always thought I was the best thing ever.........the Mum I always turned to........And, the Mum who, when I had a problem, would say........."Ok Honey......I have to go now.........I need to go get on my knees. How blessed I am to have had my sweet Mum for 58 years!

I hope you'll get to spend the day with your Mum and that you're as lucky as I was.......


Happy Mother's Day to you and YOUR Mum......


Hugs and blessings,
Spencer
xoxoxoxoxox

PS..........Happy Mother's Day Darling Daughter O' Mine.......I love you so very much........you are a WONDERFUL mother....I'm so proud of you and so grateful that you're mine!

Kisses,
Mummy