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Impact

Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life. – So asks the daily writing prompt.

I was short on time yesterday I didn’t get a chance to write about my Mom. She had a positive influence on my life in many ways. The stories are personal now that she is gone. I might share them with my kids and grandchildren.

But I will say I saw a huge amount of courage, smarts, and determination in the face of very difficult circumstances. Love and compassion were things she displayed. She loved nature, be it nurturing her gardens or the wildlife or pets she spoiled. She was talented at the arts and very good at crafts.

She was calm at very stressful times. She endured a lot of emotional pain, losing loved ones at young ages. She was talented and insightful. She had a great sense of right and wrong. She loved her children and her sisters. And she could love a total stranger.

She believed there was good in everyone and looked for it. She was generous and sensitive. I miss her smile, her reassurance, her love and much more. When she passed over a decade ago, I was no longer #1 in anyone’s life. I miss that feeling.

And being she raised me I’d add that she had the patience of a Saint. I believe there is a saying about traits skipping a generation. I’m kind of sensing it might have some validity. I see a lot of her in my children.

A shot of her and I that I keep on my desk.


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Family day

I was recharged today. Both my children and my grandchildren together. What a treat. Our daughter-in-law’s mother is also visiting. We got online with her other daughter who lives across the country and was having a reveal party for their first child. It was a boy, I guessed wrong.

Talk about a joyous day. Celebrating Mother’s Day (yes early) but together. And another addition to the growing family of cousins for our grandchildren.

Happy Mother’s Day Mom. You were the best. You’re always with us in spirit at family gatherings. I’m not sure who shot this of her holding me.

I’m thinking of my own Mom tonight. I look outside at the beauty of the season and remember how much she liked to garden. One of her many talents. I miss that reassuring hand and smile. I miss the encouragement. l miss the dishes she fixed. I miss her smell. And so many other things.

Time with family and friends for me is a key to happiness.

Random Thoughts of the Day

  • It must have been a good week because it flew by.
  • Little ones can wear you out.
  • This was a special Mother’s Day weekend for someone close to me that I won’t forget.
  • I should sleep or try to. I need to rise early.


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Thank you, Mom

Happy Mother’s Day. I was lucky to be the child of a wonderful mother. One who had to take on a dual role as a parent. One that had to work her butt off to keep the family going. One that was compassionate and taught me good values and manners. One that was loving and supportive. One who taught me to respect everyone and share.

I miss her very much. I miss my mother-in-law very much. Once that mother’s love is gone life is different. That sense of history and those stories, those hugs and kisses, those smiles, those acknowledgments, those meals, and those “I love you” are no more. They are memories we draw from.

To me respecting Mom is keeping her love, compassion, hard work, respecting all, and helping those less fortunate going. And as good fortune would have it I got to marry a wonderful girl who became another wonderful Mother in her own right.

No wonder I miss this hug. I’m guessing my Dad took this shot.

Practice

I’m only going to get better with practice. And practicing I am. Each day I’m pushing myself harder in my hobbies. Not the stressful kind of pushing but just trying to spend more time each day on my crafts. Trying some new things this week. I’m going to get the paints out and see what I can create.

He caught one person’s eye. Shot this artist on the boardwalk in Ocean City MD. Photo by Mike Hartley

Random Thoughts of the Day

  • It’s going to be a hard 24 hours of work, so I should rest well when my head hits the pillow tomorrow morning at this hour.
  • After that gloomy rainy Saturday, it’s nice to see the sun again this morning.
  • They say don’t give up hope. Way too many lives have to put that to the test.
  • Life is filled with disappointments. Living is moving beyond them.