 Sunday, May 13 is Mother's Day in the United States. I want to pay tribute to my mother, Melita. She was a kindergarten teacher and our home was always filled with art supplies. She was always crafting or doodling and took adult education classes in drawing and painting. She taught the Arts and Crafts badge for my Brownie troop - we made papier mache sculptures. Macrame plant holders, beaded flowers -- every craft du jour happened in our house. She would have really liked my new art studio! Melita loved creating things and giving them away for others to enjoy. This Mother's Day, I'm honoring the joy and spirit she had for art by giving away a painting. Share a positive "MOM" comment on this blog post at my website and you'll be entered. Make sure you are on my email list so I can contact you if you win!
19 Comments
5/1/2012 01:05:52 am
What an inspiring story about you and your mother. Clearly, the acorn didn't fall very far from that tree as her inspiration has taken root in your talents.
Linda Rosso
5/2/2012 04:59:05 am
Here's to oaks and acorns!
Maureen Parton
5/1/2012 01:13:36 am
Happy Mother's Day to you, Linda. A wonderful coincidence in my life is that my Mother and I became "mothers" for the first time on the same day, June 13th! So, my husband and I named our daughter after both my husband's mother and mine.I feel so lucky that my 86 year old mother, Jean McDonough Brown is active and well. With gratitude. Maureen
Linda Rosso
5/2/2012 05:00:34 am
Enjoy each moment...
Melissa Duggan
5/1/2012 01:42:38 am
What a wonderful photo of you and your mom...and what a legacy she passed on to you! We don't realize until we're older the real gifts our moms give to us. As I raise my son, I see everyday the lessons of motherhood she passed on to me that I didn't recognize (and certainly didn't appreciate!) at the time.
Linda Rosso
5/2/2012 05:02:54 am
Gifts are in disguise everywhere! When I was a teenager, my mother said to me "I hope you have children someday so you can know what you are putting me through..." :-) 5/1/2012 03:36:03 am
We all have so much to be thankful for.
Linda Rosso
5/2/2012 05:03:46 am
Thanks for sharing this bittersweet memory, Penni.
Judy Bernhardt
5/1/2012 04:01:47 am
Linda, Your blog and the comments are really heart-warming. I love the sweet photo. I, too, had a great mom that still inspires me. She worked as a librarian, and also kept up a household with 5 kids! She loved to read and bake. She supported me in all my artistic endeavors...from kindergarten to college and beyond. I miss her and wish she was still around for my kids know. But, alas, that's life. :) Happy Mother's Day to all...
Linda Rosso
5/2/2012 05:05:49 am
I guess it's our job to pass along the good wisdom and spirit to the next generations. Have a wonderful Mother's Day, Judy!
Jean Estes
5/1/2012 05:14:02 am
Happy Mother's Day to you Linda. My Mom (and Dad) will be here for Mother's Day this year to celebrate together. We have had many mother's day celebrations together and hope we have more to share as well. Enjoy!
Linda Rosso
5/2/2012 05:14:23 am
Jean, here's how I remember your mother - smiling, tan, fit and in a swimsuit at the lake. Make sure you tell her that! Happy Mother's Day!
Pam
5/1/2012 03:57:54 pm
Happy Mother's Day, Linda! I love your photo and story, and have enjoyed reading the stories of those who've already shared their comments. Reading everything that's been said so far reminds me that sometimes our "mothers" come from unexpected places, in unexpected packages. Sometimes we are "mothered" by our friends. Sometimes, when our own mothers can't be there others step in to fill that void. They may be relatives, foster-mothers, friends, teachers .... what's common is that whether blood flows between the two or not, the absence of our own mothers is perhaps slightly less keenly felt by the presence of another who cares deeply for us, celebrates our joys with us and offers us safe haven in difficult times. Here's to all those who have, whether for moments or for years, stepped forward to "mother" another whose birth mother was no longer able to do so herself.
Linda Rosso
5/2/2012 05:09:48 am
In the movie, "Hook," which my boys watched many times - little Wendy says to Peter Pan, "You need a mother...very badly!"
Marianne Doar
5/2/2012 03:30:20 pm
What a wonderful picture and story about you and your mom - no wonder you are so creative! I loved reading your story and those of the others who have shared theirs. My mom worked as an organic chemist and later in my Dad's business, but still found the time to cook, bake bread, make soup, grow fruits and vegetables for homemade jam and preserves, milk the cows, goats and sheep to make cheeses - AND serve as a School Board Member, Girl Scout leader and baseball team manager, all while making sure to keep three kids in line at school and with our farm chores. I've really come to appreciate how much she accomplished after I had my own family. But it would be nice if I could beat her in Scrabble when I visit her in Florida once in a while! :)
Linda Rosso
5/4/2012 02:27:14 pm
Marianne, I think you inherited your mother's capacity to live a full and busy life! Have a wonderful Mother's Day.
Chelsea Schraufnagl
5/4/2012 05:59:40 am
I wish I could have known my beautiful grandmother Melita<3 She must have been such an amazing mother to raise such creative and successful children whom I respect and admire so much. I'm so blessed to have my strong, loving mother now and it warms my heart to know my father and aunt had an amazing mother as well.
Linda Rosso
5/4/2012 02:29:52 pm
Ah, sweet Chelsea! She would have spoiled you to pieces -- I think she would have really loved being a grandma :-)
Linda Rosso
5/13/2012 02:06:12 pm
OK ladies, nepotism aside -- my niece Chelsea wins the painting because her entry made me cry more... Leave a Reply. |
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