Happy Mother's Day

I got another Mother's Day with Mom. Way Cool!

The family got together and did garden work for her today. I hauled a load of food, some plants, some potting soil, and tools. My brother and his soon-to-be-ex-wife and 2 of her 3 kids and an extra friend and a grand baby all brought gifts and muscle to do the heavy work. My Niece was there with her camera getting great pics of all of us looking ridiculous.

Mom was thrilled. We bundled her up in a coat, hat, blankets and portable oxygen and sat her in a chair in the front yard so she could "supervise". We removed 3 ugly, old shrubs that had grown past attractiveness. We planted bunches of annuals for color. My brother brought her a rose tree and that was planted out front.

Then half of us moved to the back yard to trim bushes that have been growing beyond all reasonable control since 1954, when they were planted by the first owner of Mom's house. They used to be lilac bushes, but now are a host plant for a mutant honeysuckle vine. The men crawled around and cut out huge amounts of dead wood and opened up a very shaded corner of the yard to the sun. It was not long before Mom was being moved to the backyard to supervise there.

After everything was cleaned up, we moved inside for lunch. Ham sammies, fruit and macaroni salads, chips and a wicked looking chocolate cake were consumed by all and thoroughly enjoyed by Mom.

When I left, Mom had positioned herself in the living room in line with the rose tree so she could watch it sway in the cool breeze.

A good day was had by all. And we had one more year with Mom.

I hope everyone had as wonderful a day with their families celebrating the greatness of our collective Moms.

T