Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day

My mom, Florence, is celebrating Mother's Day in heaven with my dad, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. May their memories be a blessing. 

Before I got a full-time job, my gifts to my mom were cloth handkerchiefs with different patterns. I have them now, and I do use them. I've also purchased more at craft fairs. 

May is also Jewish American Heritage Month, proclaimed by George Bush in 2006. 

My mom was a typical Jewish American housewife. She did not work, and kept our home clean and cooked kosher foods. 

Here are my parents on their wedding day.

She taught me to be accepting of other people, no matter what their color or religion was. 

She liked sitting by Lake Michigan, so I've designed these table runners and matching linens in her memory. 

Mom taught me that I could do anything, be anything I wanted to be, as long as I put myself into it and did the work. She wanted me to be a teacher while I secretly wanted to be a dancer/actress. 

She encouraged me to sing, enrolled me in ballet and jazz dance classes, and I went to a local summer camp with my friends. She even became co-leader of my Girl Scout Troop.

I'm grateful for her unconditional love and support.