A terrible week! Or so I thought. 13 years old and spending it with Grandma and Grandpa instead of staying at home with your friends was dictated instead of offered. Phone, books, and a few personal items accompanied this teenager. Thankfully the cell phone was compatible with our area and therefore service was granted. And to top it all off remote area, did i fail to mention that?

Now a year later and instead of one week we will be host to this 14year old for 6 weeks. Oh boy!!! I am however optimistic that we will find some common ground for us to tread on. We do have photography in common and hopefully this will carry our conversations into positive territory.

What could be better than 6weeks with a fourteen year old. Adding her 13 year old Sister. I'm looking forward to it!

Mothers day,
                         come and gone


 I listen to all the advertisements. "your Mom would like a new telephone", "Nothing says love like a diamond from......". Buy this, take Mom out to dinner or how about breakfast in bed.


All of these gestures are wonderful if in fact your Mother is still present in your life. For me it's a day of grieving. My Mother died more than twelve years ago and this day just breaks my heart. I don't think of her hourly anymore, which is good. I can get through a whole week without crying and sometimes I can even smile when I remember her.


I wonder if my children love me as much as I loved her. Do they seek out my companionship, my wisdom, my nurturing? 


I wonder, did my Mother love her Mother the way I did? Maybe it was a long line of love that binds us all together. My Grandmother wasn't very lovable as I was a child. She suffered from depression which didn't  allow her the capabilities to be the Mother that I had.  

All of these comments are not to make you feel badly, but more likely to make you cherish your Mother! Love her everyday not just in May.