For Nicole

Hi again, Nicole. A few more of the way we were. This is some back deck fun at our house with cousin Sarah (who once again, is (s)mothering someone :) Joel and Catherine.
Come to think of it, you were quite the mothering type too - always gravitating toward the babies of the family, of which there were many at any given time! You and Joel are standing guard over little cousin David. David is a dead giveaway with those tree trunk legs eh?
Ahem...at great risk to the glowing Mother's Day card I just got yesterday from son Mark - here is proof of the way Sarah used to play house and dolly with her brothers.

Oh man. I can't stop laughing at this one.

To Be So Rich!

What can I say? Few things leave me speechless. But this does...

Photography credit goes first to my eldest daughter, mom to three of these precious little people and secondly to my second born daughter who danced a jig to keep their attention and who is mom to the remaining two delightful people.

What the Bible says is true: BLESSED are you to see your children's children.

Art (above) by Julsie. A deft hand stemming from an inquisitive mind.

*sigh* ...is that like bragging??

Motherhood's Reward

She rocks another baby...

hums an age-old lullaby.

She hopes no one is watching

as with thanks, she starts to cry.

Remembering the time

when the babies were her own,

And her mother told her gently

too soon they would be grown.

Lots of bedtime stories,

skinned knees, and tears to dry,

Teddy bears, toy trucks and dolls

and kites up in the sky.

First days of school, first loves, first cars,

the proms, the wedding days,

Sand castles and snowball fights

and teaching them to pray.

Now, as she holds her grandchild

and gives thanks unto the Lord,

She knows to be a grandma

is motherhood's reward!

To mark Mother's Day 2009 I would like to say:

Thank you Creator Father God for life in the first place.

Thank you Jesus for Life in abundance and full indeed.

Thank you daughters for the gift of Grandmotherhood.

You have made me rich beyond compare.