The handful of peonies and heavily scented garden roses hastily wrapped up at the end of the day and quickly thrown into a vase at home just before
sinking into a hot bath where a handful of freshly picked strawberries are proffered and eaten with many sighs of happiness and exhaustion.
The customers were plentiful, one child was deafening, lunch was delivered by a local business Lebanese Taverna to thank us for creating such beautiful flowers all year round and working extra hard today.
What a delicious thank you. You are very welcome.
I want to wish all the mothers out there a happy day.
This includes all the birth mothers like myself who had a child and for personal reasons were unable to raise them so opted for adoption. Happy Mothers Day to all of us. We're still mothers in our hearts.
What we did for love, eh?
xo Jane
Well said Jane. There are wonderful mothers who aren't necessarily visible, but their gifts and devotions allow other women to be mothers also. Bless the birth mothers.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day Jane. Bless your heart.
ReplyDeleteHello Jane
ReplyDeleteHow kind of the restaurant to remember in gratitude and send lunch.
Happy Mother's Day to all birth mothers and to those who care and are generous with their motherly love to all may the day bring you joy.
Helen xx
Roses, strawberries, kindly neighbors. That is a good life. Today I realized why I minimize holidays in my store, because I am so aware of the people who feel marginalized/left out of a prticular holiday. You make me think of the sweetness of taking a broader view on motherhood, This is a good week to celebrate because our president officially welcomed families with two mothers (or two fathers) to the fold.
ReplyDeleteThink that deserves a virtual hug so here's one coming your way. x
ReplyDeleteAs an exhausted florist it must have been fantastic to step into that post mothers' day bath!
ReplyDeleteAs a woman and birth mother, I imagine the day has its own nuances for you...your honesty touches me again, Jane. xxx
Love you Jane.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day Jane!
ReplyDeleteLots of love to you on (Birth) Mothers Day xx
ReplyDeleteA huge hug and lots of love. pretty flowers, too. xoxo
ReplyDeleteWell, then, Happy Mother's Day to you.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to you as well. Bonnie
ReplyDeleteHappy Mothers Day....sending love across the sea x
ReplyDeletePhew, Jane, that must make Mother's Day especially poignant for you. Enjoy your lovely flowers.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day, Jane. I didn't know. Once a mother, always a mother. Much love to you.
ReplyDeleteYou are the mistress of the throwaway bombshell. Or had I missed that one before?! xx
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ReplyDeleteA gentle trickle of tales from a potted history.
This still doesn't answer the question about the goat.
but i am very glad you survived, and that there were strawberries and GG.
xx
I did indeed drop a bombshell here.
ReplyDeleteHow else do you do it in 50 words or less?
Story could follow some day but haven't we all heard it or similar?
Thank you for all your good wishes:-)
xo Jane
Bombshell indeed. And yes, you will always be a mother in your heart. Your honesty is amazing. xx
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