To Mothers

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Mother's Day is here and we want to take a moment to honor mothers and mother figures that loom large in our life and in our life story books. Whether she was sewing clothes by hand, working odd jobs to make ends meet, or cooking a memorable roast for Sunday dinners, Mom has a story worth celebrating.

As my colleague Nikki and I reflect on time with our own mothers, we realize it was never the grand gestures that stayed with us, but the everyday displays of affection that remain in our memories: the amount of care she took dressing us up for holidays and other special occasions, the meals she made despite many complaints about lima beans and broccoli, the endless carpools to school, dance classes, and CCD, the 6-hour shopping trips to the thrift store, and the evenings spent talking over the kitchen table together. These are the memories of Mom that stick. These are stories worth saving!

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Here are a few great lines about Mom from recent projects:

“Mom was creative and had a good eye for fabric. She could sew anything! Suits, coats, upholstery—she did it all. She taught me how to sew using her pedal machine and years later, I made my own wedding dress. She loved her children and was very nurturing. I remember her giving me a bath after my daily nap--mostly I remember the naps, and not wanting to have one!"

“Mom was skilled at so much! She sewed our clothes, ironed all my dad’s shirts and even ironed our sheets before putting them on our bed! She cooked all our meals and made all our holidays special because she put so much work into them.”

“Mummy had many interests. She was great with both animals and young children, anything and anyone who could encourage her creative side. She was an engaged and playful mom, tomboyish and physical in nature. She wrote plays for us and acted them out. She really poured herself into us.”

“No matter what Mom made, it was good. She and Buscia cooked a lot of Polish food: pierogi. potato salad, peach kuchen, golumpki, and more traditional stuff during the holidays, like kielbasa, kapusta, and borscht on Easter. She enjoyed cooking but most of all loved watching us enjoy her meals that she spent hours preparing.”

“Sometimes at dinner, when it was just the two of us, I’d ask her, ‘Mom, you’re not eating?’ She would say she wasn’t hungry, but the truth was that there wasn’t enough food for the two of us. She worked hard and never complained. She never had a bad day. I know I was the apple of her eye and she was bound and determined that I wouldn’t remain in our home town my whole life. I’m smart like my father, but I learned the most from my mother. I never took anything for granted."

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Share a memory of your mom with someone you love today. There are few things stronger than a mother's love and her story, her legacy, is a part of yours!