Mother's Day and Memorial Flowers

Thatcher and I walked into Walmart today.
This isn't important, or even interesting, except that I saw the Mother's Day section and I almost began to cry.
It was to much for me. 

I have loose ears lately.

Amidst the flowers and jumbo cards, was a wall filled with memorial flowers. You know, those fake flowers one puts at a grave site?

In a nanosecond, I was thinking about how it would be to not have my momma. 

...Or how my friend Michelle might be feeling as this day approaches; her mother has been deceased for about 7 years now.
,,,And then I thought about my Beloved, Big Strong Man.
His father passed away last year and the fact that he only has parent now was very heavy on my heart.
...And I have perfect peace about where my father-on-law is, so it wasn't a weight of the unknown. Death is full of sorrow, even that which is felt in a quick wave during a Walmart nanosecond.

Dearly Beloved, cherish your family.
If you have mothers and fathers who are still living, cherish them.

Did you know that Mother's Day is the third most popular holiday to send a card in the mail? It is because mothers -even those who chose not to do better- are cherished by their offspring.
Bonded.
The fact that a woman carried a human being in her womb, it moves the child of the womb to love on the woman who housed him/her. 

I wonder what creative ways we will celebrate our mothers 

this year. 

Any ideas you would like to share? 

Nicollette -my sister- and I are having a photo with our -combined- six children put on canvas.
It is a gorgeous picture. *I may be am partial!

I also think the idea of having my siblings and I re-create an older photo of us (one from childhood) would be fantastic! -maybe next year.

I know I am emotional...and I have my period, so that doesn't help... but the sight of those flowers 

did me in. 

My mother is a great woman. She is kind and sweet. She is a hard worker and loves us with all her heart. My prayer is that she knows every day that she is loved. 
So. 
Incredibly. 
Loved. /

Happy Mother's Day, ya'll!