Today, I’m grateful for sitting with my mother and talking about how blue the sky is, even though she doesn’t know what day it is and can’t remember what we said five minutes ago. At least we can talk and I can make her smile.
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for our youngest daughter, born on this date decades ago.
No matter how much we plan for pregnancies or births, the timing is never really completely in our control. Sometimes, daughters are born on holidays or special anniversaries and make those days even more special. Happy birthday, B.!
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for my middle daughter, born on this date almost thirty years ago.
What a creative, determined, compassionate woman she’s become! 🙂
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for blooming lilacs.
They remind me of my daughter who wanted to get married when the lilacs were in bloom. And she did — six years ago yesterday.
What are you grateful for today?
Today, I’m grateful for my first daughter, born on this date more than 30 years ago.
Who could’ve imagined the beautiful, independent woman she’d become! I count her among my greatest blessings. 🙂
Who are you grateful for today?
I admit it. I was not the kind of mother who dressed her daughters in lacy ruffles and patent leather shoes for the holidays. Shameful, I know!
This was taken on Easter Sunday at their grandparents’ house and all I can say is they were comfortable. 🙂
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