Tag Archives: mother

I Miss My Mother

Posted on February 9, 2019 by apronheadlilly

I miss my mother. Not the pained days and her lonely, disorienting moments, not the frontal lobe disintegration that turned a stable woman of integrity into a silly, flirting schoolgirl, not the numbness and loss of dexterity that stole the … Continue reading →

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The Broach

Posted on May 29, 2015 by apronheadlilly

It was a gift to me by a precious soul, who was trying to divest herself of so many “things” so as not to be possessed by them—and she passed them on with love and an open hand.  I was … Continue reading →

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May 23, 2015–And it is the last goodbye . . .

Posted on May 23, 2015 by apronheadlilly

And it is the last goodbye . . . After a cold, Canadian winter, the soil is thawed, the soil turned, the grave dug. Earth that sprang forth flowers and vegetables from your tilling and tending touch, earth turned and … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day–Gone But Not Gone

Posted on May 10, 2015 by apronheadlilly
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The Adventures of Mother Hood

Posted on May 9, 2015 by apronheadlilly

We’ve been tracking her, but she remains at large. What makes her so difficult to nab is that she doesn’t have one identifying skill or MO.  Her crimes are varied, her operations covert. She’s extremely brilliant to have avoided detection … Continue reading →

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I Will Remember

Posted on January 29, 2015 by apronheadlilly

Beyond the mumbling and the whining days, these bedridden, trapped and powerless days, I will remember— the cookies, fresh-baked, pink curlers in the hair, a wet washcloth planted on your head, weeding vegetables under the hot summer sun.  I will … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Endurance

Posted on September 20, 2014 by apronheadlilly

These are not the best shots, but they are from my last contact with Mum.  Calling is pretty much impossible now; but with the Internet, we can at least see one another. (I was the happy wanderer who moved so … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 11, 2014 by apronheadlilly
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The Song is Still There

Posted on January 13, 2014 by apronheadlilly

Time has been hard on some things, soft on others. Hands that planted, hoed, kneaded, washed, spanked, played, and praised are soft with disuse— in many parts the feeling gone. . Where once fingers crunched numbers, curled hair, cooked, crocheted, … Continue reading →

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A Mum Moment

Posted on January 12, 2014 by apronheadlilly

Though her body is going forwards and her mind backwards, her spirit is safe in the Lord’s hands no matter what.  88 years looks pretty good on her.

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