- to love reading and books.
- resourcefulness. Imagination and creativity are powerful and not to be wasted.
- to change your mascara every year. That's why we give it to each other at Christmas.
- how strong a woman could be.
- that being alone doesn't have to mean lonely.
- to always show up for weddings and funerals. This was the tip of the iceberg of "just show up" because people remember who came to a wedding and a funeral. (And to always have a black dress or appropriate clothes for a funeral because in a time of grief you're not going to want to shop.)
- to be independent
- that oatmeal cookies are for breakfast if you change the name to "breakfast cookies."
- how to sew. She taught me about quilts and then encouraged me to run with it.
- to give quietly. That helping someone else financially or otherwise has its own rewards.
- that apologies are important.
- that family is priceless.
I've had a lovely day. There were breakfast muffins (batter baked with crisco, rolled in butter and dipped in cinnamon sugar are not cupcakes if eaten before ten in the morning) church, then the hardware store, hammock swinging and lots of gorgeous Mother's Day art. And tonight? Tonight I'm going to be SO surprised when I get Mother's Day cookies for dessert!
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