In one chest, I found a whole bunch of baby clothes. This would not be remotely strange if these were special items that I had saved from each child that I had but one of these items struck me as being a tad odd to be in my possession! I have my brother's baby outfit that he wore home from the hospital! Why do I have this and not him? I have no clue unless it is simply because guys have a hard time seeing sentimental value in a piece of fabric! I held up the baby "onesy" and smiled..it was hard for me to ever imagine that he was that small considering that he is over six feet tall now! I held the little outfit and thought of how Mom was a city-girl turned farm wife. I thought of how she had to learn to do the things that were not taught to her as a young girl growing up in the city. I thought of how she lost her first babies..two pregnancies..two sets of twins. I thought of how hard it had to be to keep trying. I thought of how after the tragic loss of two pregnancies, she bore five more healthy children. Yep, I thought about Mom the whole time I was holding that little baby outfit that belonged to the second youngest of those five. (Me, being the youngest!) I never thought of Mom as being a particularly strong woman when compared to other farm wives that I grew up knowing. Holding this sweet little outfit made me realize that she was strong...oh, so strong. It was also one of those times that I terribly miss her being here...
Monday, January 28, 2013
Missing Mom....
I have been doing a lot of cleaning as of late. I have two of my favorite people coming to visit the Little Bayou House this coming weekend and I want to make sure that their stay is most delightful. My oldest son, Mark and his wife, Joanna, are in the process of making a move and are coming to see me before they head far away. This would not be far to most folks but to me, it is a trip to the moon and back! Mark keeps telling me that it is only an eight and a half hour drive from the Bayou but since I never leave the Bayou, he might as well said that they were moving to a different planet! But like I said, I have been cleaning the house from top to bottom to prepare for their visit...and oh, the things I have found while cleaning!
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