Contests by Sheila Roberts

5/3/2014

REMEMBERING MOM

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May is here and Mother's Day is right around the corner. Here's your chance to tell me how special your mother is. Post what makes her special and you might win a copy of "Love in Bloom". Contest will run through May 11th (2014) and we'll announce our winner by the thirteenth.
The small print: U.S. residents only. Void where prohibited. Winner must respond to notification within 24 hours. (Or we'll pick another!)

Ronna Lord link

5/3/2014 05:27:12 am

My mom was special because she was always loving, caring and giving. She raised her sister's son and two daughters before I was born. Unfortunately, my father died when I was just three month'e old. My mother always lived with " a glass half fool" attitude and I always felt secure and spoiled, actually Mom budgeted and made use of used items to make our home and yard beautiful. Doing things were made to feel like fun. Like when we moved into a brand new built house and a huge pile of dirt was dumped onto out driveway, which Mom and I used to create the yard --bucket full by bucketful . Friends gave us unwanted tree saplings which we planted. We got plant cuttings and seeds from friends and neighbors. We ended up having a showplace yard. Also--no one went away hungry from out home--Mom made sure that everyone felt happy. When she retired from her government job ( she started in her job right out of high school) , the person taking her place had a masters degree in judicial law. She made sure that I got my college degree too. Everyone called her "Auntie" whether they were related to her or not because she cared for their needs and loved them. Strangely enough, one of the things that really blessed me at the end , was her " this is all my information box" preparations for her eventual death. She died peacefully at 84, and EVERYTHING was complete for me. I had to do a couple of minor things, but by the end of the next day, I had nothing else to do concerning her death, estate, bills etc., All I've ever had to do since that time is have great memories of her , along with the memories of her loving care with my children and all of her friends!!

Gail Hollingsworth

5/3/2014 03:16:03 pm

My mom is now 79 years old. She still lives alone by choice but now has to rely on me to take her places because she is no longer able to drive. She has worked hard all her life starting at age 14 to help her family. She's the only one out of eight brothers and sisters to graduate high school. She married my dad at age 18 and had me the next year at age 19. Later years my dad became an alcoholic and died at age 46 of a massive stroke. She became a rather young widow. We weren't rich as I was growing up but I never wanted for anything I needed. She made sure of that. Now it's sad to see her declining, having several mini strokes, falling numerous times, and seeing her personality changing as well as her memory not so good.

donna harris

5/13/2014 02:42:00 am

I know I'm late commenting, I just saw this. I still would like to say something about mom.
My mom is 91 yrs old and she is the best mom in the world to me and some others. Mom left Tennessee when she was 17 yrs old with her older sister to Illinois. She worked for a while as a live in taking care of this one family, taking care of the child, cleaning and cooking. I think she so brave at that age leaving her home and family to come to another state. She met dad after a year here and that's when her life began. Mom had five of us, four boys, then me, the only girl, last kid. Mom never had it easy caring for us. The house, our home, didn't have in door plumbing or furnace. The water was hauled in in big containers, because the well went dry. Dad worked with this other man cutting down trees that's how we got wood to burn. Dad also worked in a big shop, company, second shift, so mom never had any help taking care of all us. Mom had to go outside to go down into the basement to throw logs in the wood burning furnace, which started every morning around 5 or so. After awhile we did hooked up to a neighbors well so mom did have running cold water. She had to heat the water on the stove for hot water. So when she did laundry she had to heat this big tub on the stove then pour it in the wringer washer. Hanging clothes outside in the summer and up in the freezing attic in the winter. No inside plumbing means in the kitchen under the sink was a big bucket that had to emptied outside off and on so it won't over flow. Also we had to go outside to an outhouse for the bathroom. Mom had us five kids to raise plus all this extra work to do. Not once did I hear her complain all those years. Finally in my junior year of high school we got the convenience of plumbing. Mom would do without things she would like for us kids. She was home when we came home from school, she was always there for us. Mom would give her last penny if someone needed it, or give her shirt off her body if they needed it. Over the years dad passed away and when she needed us, she would still give 100% of herself if someone else needed it. Mom never put herself first, she was thinking of what she could do for others. Still to this day at her young age of 91 she is thinking of others. I've never heard her complain about anything, I don't just hope I can more like her. She's my role model in my life. She's a caring, loving person inside and out. Mom lives with me now so I watch over her. My choice so I don't have to worry about her living by herself. She doing fine probably better than me. I'm disabled and she worries about me. She'll never think about herself it's not in her nature. I love my mom and I hope I have many more years to enjoy her!

Karen Proudfoot

6/2/2014 05:00:21 am

My favorite tea party treat is cinnamon swirl raisin muffins that I bake. Just a dollup of cream cheese frosting on top makes them SINFUL!

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