Happy Mother's Day . . .

Years ago I created photo collages of family pictures in very large frames.

The collection of these photos holds many a story of my/our family.

A few days ago I used my iPad to take some pictures of the collage photos.

There I am, holding one of my grandchildren, I think it is Tyler.

My mom is to my right and also in the photo below,

with my granddaughter Amanda, daughter in law, Sue.

My mother's hand/fingers at the bottom.

These photos were taken during the final years of my moms life.

She died March 9, 1996.

Look up between my mother and me and you'll see my dad, holding me.

I love that picture.

A mixture of pictures.

My dads college graduation picture in the middle

and my moms picture from her teaching days right up above.

My dads picture is there with the Green Bay packer helmet

and you'll find pictures of my daughter Susie

and my son Scott here and there.

My mom, brother and me, Christmas time in the late eighties.

Up at the top there is a picture of me, with my grandmother Brewer,

my moms mother better known as "Kitty" for Kathryn

and she is holding our first born Scott.

My late husband Gary is sitting next to my grandmother.

I love my stories . . . my grandmother was a feisty sort,

born in Cambourne England, teeny tiny under five feet, fireball.

 She visited us often when we lived in Milwaukee. 

She introduced me to swaddling . . . not the purchased version we see today,

she would take a blanket and wrap it around Scott so comfy and tight

he would snuggle right up without a peep and take a long nap.

I digress . . . she was a good lady, loved and cherished.

My mom in the middle, holding Cody, her first great grandchild.

Above my mom, my brother Terry and me . . .

My parents had a dear friend who was a photographer.

Many trips were made from Lone Rock to Dodgeville, Wisconsin for pictures.

My mother would roll up my straight hair on socks

so I would have some curls for my pics.

One more fuzzy picture of mom and Cody.

A family mixture  . . .

Susie at three or four, me in a hat, seventies I think

Pictures of Gary, my mom and dad, Scott in there too.

My mom and me at Scott and Sue's wedding.

I think my mom looks so pretty  . . .

My dad is above the pic of my mom.

He died way too young, at sixty eight.

Sad years, my dad's death in '77, Gary's moms death in '78

and then Gary's very sudden death in 1980.

 

One of my favorite pictures of my mom.

Mom and dad on the left, high school years if I remember correctly.

I like that picture of me with my uncle in uniform too.

Thank you for staying with me through this pictorial family history post.

I think my melancholy of late took me to do this.

I miss my family of long ago.

My wonderful, beautiful mother

filled with art, etiquette, patience, respect, love, grace.

~

Wishing each of you a

Happy Mothers Day

a day for mothers, mothering, grand/great mothering, animal mothering

HAPPY DAY

my friends

Love ~ Lynne

Trillium is finally in bloom here in the woods behind our house.
~
A bit of Mother's Day information from the web.

Mother's Day is a holiday honoring motherhood

that is observed in different forms throughout the world. 

The American incarnation of Mother's Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908

and became an official holiday in 1914. 

Jarvis would later denounce the holidays commercialization

and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. 

Dates and celebrations vary but

Mother's Day commonly falls on the second Sunday in May

Roots of Mothers Day history go back to the United Kingdom

where a "mothering Sunday" was celebrated

much before it saw the light of day of celebration in the United States

Mother's Day is celebrated on different days in 46 differenct countries.

Celebrations of mothers can be dated back to the

Greeks and Romans who held fesitvals in honor

of the mother goddess Rhea and Cybele.

More phone calls are made on Mother's Day than any other day of the year