My grandmother, my mother and myself on my wedding day

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY EVERYONE!

Coming from a family that enjoys eating, it is only fitting that Mother’s Day (and Father’s day) is celebrated by going out to brunch. For the past few years, my brothers, sil’s, nieces, nephews and my parents have been going to The Lady Slipper restaurant for brunch. It’s nothing fancy, fruits, salads, sausages, pancakes, hashbrowns, eggs in a basket, seafood chowder, veggies, lasagna etc, etc, etc. But boy are we STUFFED when we leave! The food is delicious and the desserts would blow your mind!!!! There are cheesecakes, mousses, trifles and pies to name a few. Word really gets around quickly in our little town and now I usually make the reservation 3 weeks in advance to be sure we get a table. Poor hubby had to work today so he missed out. He did leave me a sweet mother’s day card from him and the kids and called and left a message wishing me a happy mother’s day.

I’ve always enjoyed my mother’s day, but the past two years I always seem to spend some part of the day in tears thinking of my grandmother. She passed away two years ago while I was pregnant with Gabby. She truly was an amazing woman and meant the world to me. I knew the day would come when she would no longer be around, so a few years ago I wrote her a letter telling her how much she meant to me. She was very hard of hearing, so writing a letter rather than trying to communicate my feelings made much more sense. I know the letter touched her because she showed everyone what I had wrote. The letter was suppose to be for her eyes only, but I didn’t mind. That’s who she was. She loved talking about her family; how many grandchildren and great-grandchildren she had. At last count, she has 32 grandchildren, 50+ great grandchildren and a few great-great grandchildren. The hardest part about her passing was selling her beloved cottage. The cottage meant the world to her and I know she would be absolutely devastated to know that it had been sold. Though it was old and run down, it was her heart and soul. You couldn’t think of the cottage without thinking of her. I’ve saved a few pictures of my grandmother at the cottage and plan to frame a few to put them up at my parents new cottage. I know it would mean alot to my mother and it would be like having a little piece of my grandmother still with us.♥

So today I wish all the mother’s, grandmother’s and mother’s to be a very happy MOTHER’S DAY!

Doris Mary Morrison Jan 3, 1912 ~ June 27, 2006

“Miss you Nanny!”

Mom and Braeden ~ 1994