May 12, 2009
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MOTHER'S DAY RECAP
Hope all of you had a wonderful Mother's Day! Mine started off on the wrong foot when hubby and I overslept and were late getting to church, but got better and better as the day wore on.
The first song was almost over by the time we found a seat near this sweet elderly couple. Which was fine by me~ until the music ended and I began to hear the all too familiar rhythmic pop of the older gentleman's oxygen. This was not my first Mother's Day without her, but I had a very difficult time concentrating on the sermon for remembering all the times Moma sat beside me in church, her breathing making that very same sound... and that it was Mother's Day and she wasn't there beside me.(Which just goes to show that you never know what it going to trigger grief, or where you will be when it strikes.) I didn't do a very good job of keeping the tears in check, and made a bee line to the car after service, hoping no one noticed my tearstained face. For the life of me I couldn't tell you what the semon was about...
Hubby served me lunch out on the newly poured patio, and then we took a nice long Sunday afternoon nap before meeting up with the inlaws for a special Mother's Day supper. Everything tasted delicious and my MiL made out like a bandit in the gift department. After supper I talked to both my kids on the phone. Something I guess I'm going to have to get used to on holidays with us all living so far apart..... It helps a lot that they both sound happy.
Comments (4)
i, too have noticed the weird things that cause me to grieve again.
maybe God had you sit by this man to feel more near to your mother on mother's day.
it's definitely hard to be apart from family on holidays. my cousin's are on the verge of it, and i CANNOT wait till they realize how hard it is to make everyone happy & coordinate all the plans!
I guess that's why grief sometimes is also referred to as blindsided by grief. It does come out of nowhere. Tends to send me reeling in it's full blown state. Usually when and where I least expect it. We will get through it and will get to the place where our memories are sweet and make us smile more than cry.
I wondered how you would do with Momma gone...tears are ok, you loved her dearly
I saw a can of Skoal tobacco and cried my eyes out. I used to buy it for my dad.
We sat in church and I cried a lot. But it was ok.
Got lots of flowers and pretty cards. We vegged that afternoon because it was too hot to do anything.
Sherri has been sick the last two days. I hope she will be better today.
Have a great day.
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