Mum

Me and My Mum

There is nothing like the bond between a mother and a child.

Here on earth and after.

You are always connected

Always.

Now that I have children of my own, I understand the depth of that connection between a mother and child.

The joy, the heartache and the inbetween

and the simple moments you never forget.

~  these are a few of mine ~

when I was very young,  I asked my mom, how will I know when I meet the "right one"

and her answer was "you will just know".  It can't be explained, she said.

"you will just know"

~

 sitting together at the air conditioned lunch counter of Newberry's department store in Arizona

sharing her favorite egg salad sandwhich on rye,

washing it down with an ice cold rootbeer after shopping for our "bargains"

~

 coming home from school in the sixth grade

to find she had laid out a dress for me on my bed

to wear to my first dance that night...

complete with a pearl necklace.

~

 pretending to be asleep when she laid my Christmas stocking

at the foot of my bed every Christmas eve

and listening to her footsteps as she crept out of my room

~

 watching her pack home made fried chicken, potato salad, and date nut bars

 to fill the Coleman cooler and pile in the station wagon for a Sunday picnic

at the Verde river.

and her scent.  Every now and then, it fills the air

and I just smile.  I know Mom, I know.

and I thank you for letting me know you are ok.

and now in just a few short weeks, I will be a grandmother and my daughter

will begin to fill her new daughter's life with these sweet moments too

and that just makes my heart swell.

XOXO

Happy Mother's Day!

Hugs,

Trace