A Mother’s Day tribute

A wonderful Mother’s Day tribute from Carol at Mothering Mother and More:

I miss Mother when I go to the grocery store. Since I’m no longer eligible to park in the parking spaces for the handicapped, I must walk by the light blue and white lines as I head across the parking lot that no longer takes me ten minutes to cross. I see Mother grip the handle of the grocery cart and remember the freedom this rolling walker gave her.

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I can so relate, it is the little things you miss.

For me, it’s the Spring Lands’ End catalog.

My mother used to love ordering bathing suits and pajamas for the kids each spring. Sometimes, she’d decide they needed a beach bag and some clothes, too. Nothing earth shattering, but just a small thing.

Now it just kind of makes me sad to see the catalog or buy the kids bathing suits and pajamas.

My dad would be happy to continue to buy the things for the kids, as long as I picked them out and ordered them.

Not quite the same.