Prayers, Letters and Messages from a Mother's Heart to her Children. My children and I are separated due to an unjust custody ruling that is forcing me out of their lives without legal, or other, justification. This blog was created to express my love for my children.
This touching video, "3 Queens" narrated by a child who describes a day in the life of his "Mommy" through imagery, prose and music. "3 Queens" beautifully depicts the Mother-Child bond, and honors the work , sacrifices and efforts put into mothering.
Proverbs 22:6(King James Version), "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
"3 Queens" a celebration of 3 stay at home moms in three different regions of the country ...
director: matt bieler music: dane leon & chris newlin editor: matt bieler & aidan haley music mix: danny cocke final mix: tom @ lime color: david hernandez
I have fond memories of cooking in the kitchen as a child... I'd wear my mother's apron. My favorite apron was white and had a picture of Little Sprout, the child of the Jolly Green Giant, on it. I befriended the little girl who lived next door, and we took turns baking--in our imaginations, the kitchen turned into the pink Barbie house, where the sun always shone through the windows, and our pink corvette was parked in the driveway. We started baking cookies then became more adventurous with cinnamon sticky buns and German cookies with a name we could not pronounce. My neighbor was such a bubbly, energetic little girl. She mad everything fun, even doing the pile of dishes we dirtied!
My Mom is an artist, and her Christmas sugar cookies are not only delicious but so beautiful they deserve to be in the Louvre Museum with other art masterpieces. The taste of those cookies was so buttery, and soft, golden on the edge with a rounded middle. She would make homemade frosting in a rainbow of colors then decorate each cookie special-- Bells trimmed with sugary pink lace. Tiny people with candy buttons and colorful hats and scarves. Reindeer with hot cinnamon noses. Golden stars covered in gooey frosting. Mom would not stop with sugar cookies--she made almond bark bars, spritz cookies and wreaths too.
When Mom stopped baking Christmas cookies, she went on to make the most amazing Christmas house with real moving parts, and decorated with miniatures she collected all year long.
My daughter also seems to have picked up the skill of cooking.. here she is, at age six, making dinner. It's a delicious mix of cocoa crunch cereal, canned corn, parmesan cheese, beef broth and spices! Yum!
-- Daylen Swift, August 2014
To Bear and Nora, I love 1,222,222,222,000 +0= U! Tu eres mi corazon. I thank God for you every day! ~ Mommy. P.S. CJ says hi and he misses you. LOL* And the Winnie-the-Pooh story...pfffph!
Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter
in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter's departure had been announced. Standing near the security
gate, they hugged and the mother said:
"I love you and I wish you enough."
The daughter replied, "Mom, our life
together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you
enough, too, Mom." They kissed and the daughter left.
The mother walked over to the window where I
sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she
welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it
would be forever?" "Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me
for asking but why is this a forever good-bye?"
"I am old and she lives so far away. I
have challenges ahead and the reality is the next trip back will be for my
funeral," she said.
When you were saying good-bye, I heard you
say, "I wish you enough." May I ask what that means?"
She began to smile. "That's a wish that
has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to
everyone." She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it
in detail and she smiled even more.
"When we said 'I wish you enough' we
were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good
things to sustain them". Then turning toward me, she shared the following,
reciting it from memory,
"I wish you enough sun to keep your
attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun
more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your
spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest
joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your
wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that
you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through
the final good-bye."
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person.
An hour to appreciate them.
A day to love them.
And an entire life to forget
them.
NOTE: I received this on a chain e-mail, during a time I was really missing my kids. The words may have been altered from the original version as passed along. I thought the words and the meaning behind them were not only beautiful but contain alot of truth. That you to Bob Perks for sharing your wisdom with us!
-- Daylen Swift
And to my kids, I love 1,222,222,000,000 + 0= U! I thank God for you every day. And am so happy to be your Mommy. I wish you enough. LOTS of Love ~ Mommy
"I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh I want to hold you high and steal your pain away I keep your photograph...
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open And I don't feel like I am strong enough 'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome And I don't feel right when you're gone away.."
"Broken" Seether feat Amy Lee (Evanescence) Writer(s): Shaun Morgan, Dale Stewart Released March 2004.
