Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! This is my beloved mother, Delores. She is a lovely lady....inside and out. She is a peacemaker and the Lord says she will be blessed for those efforts. My mother is the one who took me to church when I was a little girl and revealed to me the love of our Lord, Jesus.

For a long period of time she lost her way with Him...but I am so glad to say...she is walking closer to Him now than she ever has! Praise His Holy Name.

This picture was taken at Easter at my sister, Candy's house. My mother always has a sense of style and I think she is the most beautiful woman. She actually works in her garden in panty hose and high heels....no, I'm not kidding. I'm telling ya, she always looks good!

We tease my Mom a lot. She is gullible and naive and fun to tease! She loves to decorate and her whole house looks like the set of My Big Fat Greek Wedding ... complete with the statues out front! NO...I'm not making this up! lol She wanted me to take pictures and blog about it so she would be 'famous'....so without further adieu ... here's proof positive of what I'm telling ya!




This is in one corner of her house. As you can see, there's barely sitting room or walking room...but there's statues on the wall, paintings on the wall ... a greek tree of some nature...there might even be two or three trees in this area. Please notice the lighting or she will be devastated.

This is a picture of her bed. I could not bring myself to show you the whole room. You would not believe it. She actually has dressers stacked on top of each other to make room for statues. Still, it looks like a goddess could be right at home there.

If you ever just drop by my Mom's house...the table is always made and looking lovely. Please notice the giraffe in the back ... she went through an animal print period too. lol I'm not sure how many readers are still with me, but I'm laughing so hard right now. Also, please notice the elegant candles....they are everywhere....there resemblance to statues, no doubt.

This is my Mom and her sister and brother when she was younger....she is the cute little one in the front. She is the youngest of six ... only three survived. Times were tough back then and she lost one brother to a brain tumor and I'm not sure how she lost her other siblings. I know that the brother she lost to a brain tumor was 4 and it left a major impact on her. He came down with a headache and then he was gone. Whenever one of us children had a headache as a child, she would lay with us all through the night and make sure we were still breathing...I still remember that.

This is another corner....statues, beautiful floral....candles....wall paintings in the smallest of spaces....but oh how lovely!

Mom in her backyard. She loves her backyard. It even screams "come sit with me for awhile". Everything is so homey. Please notice she has dishes set up outside. Are you hysterical? She moves that furniture a few times a week because she likes for it to look different and new.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I'm not sure you are going to be famous because of this post...but your daughter loves you with an everlasting love! I remember you standing in that church on 27th Avenue singing and the Holy Spirit empowering you to do so because you were so frightened to sing in public. I remember you stroking all of our hair and whispering words of love to us. I remember your pain through each betrayal of each husband and how you still tried to put us children first. I remember always calling and checking on me to make sure I made it home safe and that was just last week and I'm way too old for you to still be worrying over me but I'm glad you care enough to do so.

Your child is arising and calling you blessed .... may that bring you joy! I love you.

For other Mother's Day tributes ... go see Angie @ The Knightly News.