The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Mom, I Can:
Mom,
I can still see you canning quarts of tomatoes - your hair a mess from the high temperatures in the kitchen and your apron splattered with tomato seeds; baking dozens of crisp sugar cookies, rhubarb pies, and cinnamon rolls preparing bushels of fresh sweet corn for the freezer; dressing forty chickens in a day; cracking thirteen eggs to make your angel food cake placing old newspapers on the long dining room table, and with the scissors, cutting out your own patterns to make a new coat and a new dress for me hoeing in your garden in the early morning hours: teaching me to appreciate and care for all your flowerbeds: shopping with me for my wedding gown: rocking my babies:.
Mon, I can still hear you: laughing and talking: Practice that piano some more - then practice your clarinet again: You can do better than that! Respect your elders:
A good reputation is very important: Always tell the truth: It's Saturday morning.
We have to clean the whole house before we can do anything else:
You look so beautiful in your prom dress. Study hard -get a good education Singing The Church in the Wildwood: calling me several times a week to see how my family is doing.
Mom, I can still feel your hand on my shoulder, encouraging me to keep trying, to never give up:. your sadness in the years you lived alone after Dad was gone: your praying for me: you right beside me still.
Most of all, I feel how much like you I have become.
I can still celebrate Mothers' Day because I will always see your face, hear your voice, and feel your touch.
Thanks, Mom!
Elaine Slater Reese
formerly of Burnside
A Tribute To My Mother
It wasn't so much what my mother said to me growing up, but what she did.
She kept the house spotless and always seemed to have something special cooking. To this day she still enjoys cooking.
She was always there for me and she treated my friends with kindness.
By watching her, I learned the importance of taking the time for the little things. Like learning how to sew or making playdough or reading a book before bedtime. Those same books that my children love to hear today.
I remember loving to sit at the table to just talk, play games or laugh uncontrollably at something.
She instilled in me the importance of being kind to others at all times. The importance of taking a moment to relax and enjoy each other even if it meant that some things would just have to wait.
Because of my mother, I like my house to be clean, I bake for my children, my children are secure and they have discovered that special times together are so much fun.
My mother created an unbreakable bond. The same bond that I hope to create in my children.
My mother continues to be my teacher and my support and I want to same how much I apprecaite her guidance and example.
Happy Mother's Day Mom
Josie Earle
La Harpe