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"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic...the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone." Charles de Lint

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Just Me and My Moms

Happy Mother's Day!  Some of us are mothers....and we all had/have one! Some of are lucky to have more than one!

I heard from both my sons...and spent the day joyfully puttering. What could be better than that! 

And I picked myself a little spring bouquet.  

  

I get a little sentimental on Mother's Day....and I think I post this photo every year. It's the only photo I have or even know of that's just me and my mom. She died back in 1988 when I was just 29 years old.

I have wonderful memories of my mom...but not as many as I would like. I wished I knew her longer while I was an adult.  She was pretty busy when I was young raising nine children on a farm.

I wrote about one of my favorites memories here:  https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-dining-room-light.html



I also cherish this photo...four generations.  Three moms and a boy.


I'm so lucky to have another mother...and several mother figures scattered throughout my life.  I love having my mother-in-law Margie nearby....she fills in all the gaps and cracks that this daughter needs filled.

I do have several photos of just me and my other mom....and they make me smile.

Happy Mother's Day Margie!

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  1. dotty seiter: now playingMay 12, 2024 at 8:37 PM

    Happy Mother's Day, MaryAnn!

    Your 4-generation photo especially struck a chord with me. I sent my daughter 3 successive 4-generation photos today, starting with one where I was the baby with my mom, grandmother, and greatgrandmother.

    And I LOVE the photo of just you and your mom ❤️

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    1. MaryAnn ShupeMay 13, 2024 at 8:01 AM

      Thanks Dotty! It's so wonderful that you have so many 4-generation photos. My mom died not long after that photo...and I lived "away" so this is the only one I have.

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    2. dotty seiter: now playingMay 13, 2024 at 7:43 PM

      ouch. how old were you when your mom died?

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    3. MaryAnn ShupeMay 14, 2024 at 7:10 AM

      I was 29. She was just 62 years old when she died from complications from diabetes.

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