Mothers Day.....

This is my Mom.... when she was 4 years old...

This is my Great Great Grandmother...my Great Grandmother...

my Nana...and my Mom just 10 years before I was born...

She was 15 when she had me....

This is my Nana...my Aunt who had a great influence on my Mom...

my Mom and me when I was just  a year old....

Five generations....

My great grandmother lived to be 99...

one week from being 100 years old...

Women from the past had to be strong...

they had hard chores to do...

cooking...cleaning...raising their family...

was manual labor....

Today we have more stress in our lives...

but we have things to make our lives easier...

the times were slower back then...

they cooked on open fires on wagon trains...

they brought water in from the well...

they did their laundry in the creek...

and hung it on the line to dry....

no matter the weather....

they struggled..they had joy.....they had laughter...

they had tears....they didn't get pedicures...

or manicures...they didn't get a new outfit for every occasion...

they made do...so they could provide for their kiddos...

they could run a plow....bake a cake...

wipe tears away with their aprons....

and give a hug only a Mom could give...

So today on this Mother's Day...

I salute all women...all Moms... Aunts..

cousins....sisters.....sister in laws.....
grandmothers...neighbors..

teachers...BFF's....

all Women that have had influence in your life....

without women where would we be...

no one could find their socks...keys....

or give that special look or hug that you really needed that day...

And a big hug to all the one's that have lost their Mom's....
remembering all the great times you have had....
and the special events of you life....
Happy Mother's day to all Women.....