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Mother's Day: when your mother is far away
Filed under: Just For Moms, Relatives
My parents live in another state. I live in Missouri, and
they live in Utah. To get to visit them requires a full day of traveling if we fly. I know, I know. Karen's
parents live in a whole different country. I shouldn't complain! But I have been feeling slightly desperate about my
mother living so far away lately. My mom has rheumatoid arthritis and spinal stenosis, both of which make traveling
very difficult for her. I miss her, and with Mother's Day approaching, I am determined to do something about it before
I resort to ordering an elaborate flower display on Saturday. My mother doesn't use the internet, so I can write here pretty freely about what I want to do for her this year. I bought a small, pretty journal at Borders. The idea, when I bought it three weeks ago, was that I would write in it daily for her. That I would write letters to her, and send her the journal to read as a gift. But then I realized that I just don't have time to do it justice before this Mother's Day. Her birthday is in October, and that seems a more reasonable time table. But I am going to do a variation on the journal-- with photographs. She made me a baby book of my life with her, before I began my life as an adult. So, I don't see why I can't make a book for her of my life since I moved out-- particularly since the time I lived with her and the time I've lived on my own are nearly equal now... I am going to make her a baby book of her baby and her grandbabies. All of my kids not only write, but also draw, so they are going to be contributing comments about their baby photos and art work. This is going ot be a family project for her. And then I am going to federal express it to her, so it will get there overnight...
What are you and your kids going to do for YOUR mother this year?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
4-30-2006 @ 1:10PM
Jim said...My mother asked to buy her new cloth. Not so romantic and interesting as your gift, but it's her wish and I can't decline it
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4-30-2006 @ 2:08PM
ann adams said...Not as much as I would like unfortunately. She's 3,000 miles away. The girls have never met their great-great grandmother, now 93 and still writing letters.
I'll call of course but her hearing isn't what it once was and she's fading just a little. My brother will be on the other line to tell her anything she might miss. I'll send the latest pictures. Wish they had internet.
I'm blessed to still have my adoptive mom and I don't forget that each special occasion could be the last. I'm just too far away.
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4-30-2006 @ 2:14PM
ann adams said...Can't add comments to your post about the disabled child and procreation. It keeps coming up as a blank page below the post. ???
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5-06-2006 @ 10:02PM
Susan Reed said...I have only sons. I think that the most precious thing a child should do is...on a regular basis.. call, write, and if possible make a personal visit to her and without timidity...tell her straight up, "Mom, I love you."
Why did I mention that I have only sons?....because sometimes it takes someone else to make them understand how to express emotions that seem to come more easily with daughters...LoVe To AlL YoU MoMs OuT ThErE...
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