Mother’s Day Memories
My kids have pretty much grown up now… well as much as I’m willing to let them and I have a ton of memories. And a lot of special ones have to do with Mother’s Day! Here are two of of my favorites…
Each year, my husband would always take the kids out and let them buy me whatever THEY wanted. That usually meant that I would receive two big bottles of soda and two big bags of potato chips. But there was a year when my son was old enough to walk up the lane to the variety store all by himself and he excitedly bought me a pair of cracked gray candles with his own money. I’m thinking that the price was right ;)
He was so proud of himself and just couldn’t wait for me to open them. Luckily Moms have this built in ability to look surprised and extremely pleased when they open up gifts from their kids. And this one took some doing ;) It’s the kind of gift that you stare at for a minute or so before you know quite what to say! But just one look at his face said it all. I instantly melted.
And, it was the first time I didn’t get a big bottle of soda and bag of potato chips. Ahh… the memories!!
And then there was the year that Britt made me cry…
She must have been about six or seven. Her gift was a huge poster with her little hand prints decorating all around the edges. But it was the poem that got to me.
It was about how I shouldn’t get upset with her when I see her little handprints on the walls. And here was the clincher… because some day she would be all grown up and those little hand prints wouldn’t be there anymore.
As I write this I can feel the tears coming again.
sp :)
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1 opinion for Mother’s Day Memories
Hsien Lei
May 9, 2006 at 5:23 am
Awww. That’s so sweet. One year my sister and I bought my parents a staple remover for a gift (can’t remember for what occasion). We thought it was THE coolest thing ever. LOL
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