………………HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to the best Mom in the world!!!!!! My Mom taught me so many many things starting with the basics…..being polite, cleanliness, having good manors [no elbows on the table and a napkin in the lap]…….Being a good thoughtful considerate person was very important to her. She helped me with my school work, and she taught me how to drive……She realized from an early age that I had a talent in art, and did what she could to nurture it….I had the best collection of coloring books and crayons….the box of 64!….She bought me my Jon Gnagy learn to draw DELUXE set!! I used to watch him on TV all the time….She always supported me in what ever I wanted to do. When I told my parents I wanted to go to design school she made sure my Dad was on board….Her sense of style was always an inspiration to me….. She also taught me my love of gardening, but mostly flowers. Her favorite flowers were ZINNIAS, which quickly became mine too. Where ever there was an empty patch of dirt my Mom would plant her Zinnia seeds……The house was always filled with vases of Zinnias…..In the fall we would cut all of the dying flowers off, and let them dry in a paper bag…….then we would pull all of the dried petals out and pinch off the dark seeds at the base…….My Mom could never have enough seeds!…..In the early spring we would get the beds ready to plant……Out came the bags of seeds that had been safely stored away, and we would kneel and plant each seed one by one…..hundreds of seeds. She would start at one end of a bed, and I would start at the other until we met in the middle…..Every bed around the house had Zinnias. My Mother was the Queen of Zinnias! We had the most colorful flower beds well into the fall….Without her knowing it she taught me about the beauty of color….Her love for me was unconditional…..and I knew it….I was her baby…..a Momma’s boy……When my Mom passed at the age of 95….it was the first time I knew what deep grief was…..I was heart broken……I think about her everyday……There are no words to express my love for my Mom…..she was the most important thing to me. She was the most caring and loving Mom in the world……The ABSOLUTE BEST!
Your mother’s zinnias are beautiful! Back in Maryland where I had a large garden, the zinnia seeds would winter over and self-seed. The soil was so fertile there they they would grow to be 5 feet tall! When the relationship is close, the bond between mother and son is a very special one for both mother and son. Like your mother, I have had the great gratification to see my son marry a wonderful woman and to be a devoted husband and father. I know that is not always the case and consider myself to be fortunate indeed!
Louis,
What a beautiful tribute to your mother. How fortunate you were to have experienced unconditional love and support from two amazing women.
A beautiful and heart-felt tribute to your Mother, Louis. She was an amazing person from what you have related.