My Mom....
My mom is an incredibly strong woman, and these pictures bring back huge memories.
The Santa Claus pictures: She was Santa for our town one year, she walked around giving out candy canes, visiting shops, and listening to Christmas wishes!!!! No one knew Santa was a woman!!!!
The screaming picture: My mom hates to have her picture taken, and I can specifically remember taking that picture of her, and her racing towards me to stop me. I was about 16 or so.
The clown picture: My mom dressed up for Halloween every year and came to our schools and walked in the Halloween parade and gave out treats.... I'm pretty sure she was the only adult to do that, but I'm not sure. I think I might have been embarassed by it when I was in the 5th grade or so. BUT, she also brought a whole big pack of Bubble Yum bubble gum to school when I was in the 4th grade and it was impossible to find. She found it in a nearby town and she walked over to school with my sister who was an infant in the stroller and we all chewed bubble gum. What a treat!
The picture with the baby: We adopted my little sister, Serra, when I was 10. When she was 2, my parents decided to become foster parents. After that, we had infants all the time in our house, sometimes two at a time. Sometimes 4 pound preemies. We all loved them and cuddled them, but no one did it as good as my mom. She had the whole baby thing down!!!
My mom is incredible. She was in the Navy, she had three kids, my brother and I and later she adopted my sister. She survived having her 15 year old son be diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphona in May and die in December. She was so strong for us. She then had to live through me being diagnosed just FIVE years later with a Giant Cell tumor in my right knee which was so agressive it destroyed the whole end of my femur. During that time, my Grandmother (who was my moms best friend) died of a heart attack. She is amazing. We all live together and it's awesome. She is the best grandmother to my kids! Thanks, Mom! Happy Mothers Day!
11 comments:
OMG. She sounds like a total hoot. How fun for you and how totally fun for your kids! YOu are so lucky to have a fun mom.
Happy Mother's Day to you and your family!
Rony
Awesome tribute to your awesome mom. Happy Mother's Day to both of you. Huge hugs!
I love the pic in the top corner--you are truly blessed!! Happy Mother's day!
Wow. What a strog woman. You are so lucky to still have her...
Happy Mother's Day to both of you!
What a sweet tribute. Sounds like you have one terrific Mom, Stacey.
Happy Mother's Day to you both!
Shell
I LOVE your Mom!
She is the best (well, next to MY Mom!-of course!)
I Miss all of you!
Kim
My mother-in-law is great. I've never seen her dress up like those pictures but she is fun. I just have to second Stacey's blog about her. It seems there is always something new that she has done that I find out about that shows how special she really is. I'm thankful that she is my Mother-in-law.
Now for Stacey. She is following in her mother's footsteps. She is the best at being a mom. The place would not be the same without her. The way she takes care of the kids if they are well or sick. It could be taking them to the park, swimming, or just baking cookies with them. Reading to them, teaching them how to read, learn colors, numbers, etc. She is the best.
I Love You Stacey.
Your Forever Husband.
Mark
Your mom is amazing and I'm so happy to know her. You know what they say about the apple not falling far from the tree...
;)
Donna
Wow Mark...very impressive!
Stacey, you are one lucky girl!
Happy Mother's Day!
Beautiful Tribute Stacey.
WOW, what a testament to an incredible woman and an incredible family! I love the pic of her screaming, made me laugh!
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