It must drive LB crazy that I rarely know the answer to the question “what is the agenda today?” especially when my extended family is involved.

Yesterday was no exception.

Mother’s Day

the one constant is the annual pedicure with my younger daughter Amanda.

I know for certain that this will take place at some point in the afternoon.

Last year we tried to get my Mama to join us

…this year she did.

My Mother’s Day afternoon began with a pound cake. Mama likes warm pound cake and I like to bake, so it works out well for both of us.

She came to my house around 2:30 and I served her a warm piece and wrapped up the rest for her to take home.

There was also the presentation of

The Controversial “Mema’s Blessings” Plaque

which she loved; however it WILL be replaced. Apparently I have no idea what year my nephews were born or at what point Emily and Chynna joined our family.

Also LB ran over it.

When Amanda arrived, she presented me with a lovely gift from Stephanie and herself: a custom makeup case from Pop & Suki and a bonus gift … Stacking Hoop Earrings.

I also received a Pioneer Woman 3 piece serving bowl set from Richard and Emily which was presented by Lydia.

My children are very considerate.

While Mama, Amanda and I visited together, the secret plans were revealed.

It had been decided that we would join together at Mama’s house on Mother’s Day evening to participate in a BYOM (bring your own meal) event.

Since it was my turn to be Lydia’s best friend, I was invited to sit at the little red table. I saw a lot of Chinese takeout at the event and a lot of rice on the floor.

Nevertheless, it was a pleasant time to visit with family.And I am blessed with a lovely one.

Although I love hearing “Happy Mother’s Day”, the sweetest words I heard yesterday came when I announced it was time for me to head home. Those words came from Lydia as she told me “I don’t want you to go”.

Its a joy to be a Glammy!

It is also a joy and a blessing to be a mother and to be loved by such a sweet mother.

I consider myself fortunate to have the finest one that I know. She is kind and considerate. Mama loves me unconditionally. She has always been there when I’ve needed help, which has been often. And she is always thinking of others, and especially her children and grandchildren.

The bible says “As is the mother, so is her daughter.” (Ezekiel 16:4)

…so I’m expecting myself to ultimately become more like her.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog.

Speaking of reminiscing

…recently my Mama has decorated a bedroom in her house. She loves chalk paint and has taken a collection of bedroom furniture that was handed down to her from my great-grandmother and transformed it. During the birthday festivities she looked at me and exclaimed “you haven’t seen my new bedroom!” Until tonight I had only seen pictures, but now I’ve experienced the new room first hand.

As she showed me around the newly decorated room there were

stories to be told…

When they visited their grandmother, Mama and her siblings used the finials on this bed post to serve as pretend telephones. Reminiscing about life as a little girl, she described having to reach up to take the finial from the post.

The portrait on the wall is of my great-grandmother when she was sixteen years old.

The bed is decorated with throw pillows, one of which is a portion of the feather pillow that belonged to my great-grandmother. My extremely talented brother-in-law took the pillow and divided it into smaller pillows for my Mama and each of her siblings to treasure. Mama has kept hers in the case that is in front on the right.

She spent time telling me about

The Mementos

on the dresser

A little glass shoe that was a gift given to my great-grandmother by my maternal grandfather on the day he joined the military. It was well taken care of and eventually passed down to Mama.

A box of Coty Airspun loose powder and a bottle of Evening in Paris cologne have a place on my great-grandmother’s dresser as they did when my Mama was a little girl.

And it has an interesting scent.

She has placed a temporary mirror on the beautifully refinished dresser until she completes painting the original dresser mirror. Her plan is to place it above the singer sewing machine table, that is reminiscent of her grandmother’s.