Girl Time...

I just enjoyed a visit with my Mother, that was much too short. It was on her way back from spending time with her Mother, helping my Grandmother recouperate from hip surgery. I spend my days surrounded by endless testosterone...I LOVE my boys, but grew up surounded by only women. I think somehow this visit was such a close link in the bond that we all share, that it really stands out. Perhaps it was the boxes of history that came my way and I have been wandering around trying to find homes for. All I know is that these women that make up my family are all so special, and I love them dearly!

Four generations...yes that's me in the bonnet...I never did like white!

My only sister and I...miss you!

My Mother had shipped 12 boxes on Greyhound, of my Grandmother's china, crystal, a set of Encyclopedias from the sixties. It was such a special time unpacking these together when she got here, and thinking about where they had been, where they will live now, and where they will end up in the future. I only hope and pray that I will have a daughter in law that will treasure the past of our family.

Together we unpacked the china...

And the crystal , that is now sparkling...

She helped me do a class board for my son....

Who is now cruising off into his future...where does the time go?

I do wish I had my Grandmother, Mother, and Sister here always. We talk every day but it is not the same as sharing the little joys of daily life. And I LOVE my boys, but, then, I am a girlie girl and miss my girls.

xox
to all of the special women out there