Filed under: May 2023 | Tags: Love, Mother's Day, mother's love, Suffolk Punch horses
May 14, 2023
Today, we honor our mothers. This is just one day set aside for mom, yet she deserves so many more! Like Abby watches over Joy, in the photo above, they watched over us as we slept. They attended to our every need. They did their utmost to help us get our wants. They listened to our hopes and supported our dreams.
All of us stand in her shadow and hopefully reflect her best attributes. Her love is never ending. In fact, it grows for us every single day of her life. No matter what we do or have done, mom loves us!
So, today, call mom, hug mom if possible, pause to think of her if you can’t . Never forget that she loves you beyond words and deeds. Lastly, don’t wait a whole year to let her know how much you love her too. Let it be Mother’s Day every day. She deserves every kind gesture that we can make. She requires none. She asks for none. She gives freely. She prays daily and she loves without ceasing. Hold her in your arms when you can. Hold her in your memories when you can’t. Hold her in your heart forever, because I assure you that you are forever in hers.
Filed under: April 2014 | Tags: baby lambs, dad, gone forever, heart, memory, Mom, mom and dad, mother's love, peace
Mom’s Final Resting Place
April 22, 2014
Who doesn’t like to go to mom’s place? There are many happy memories there. I remember the smells of dinner cooking, fresh-baked cookies and Estee Lauder perfume. I remember hugs, comfort and a certain look…a look that could stop traffic, or at least a teenage boy from doing wrong. I remember love above all.
All of us have memory triggers that will fill our minds with thoughts, both good and bad. I am pleased to say, that most of my memories about mom’s place are happy ones. Now, since my mom has passed away, she rests here on my farm on a little hill next to the sugarhouse. I visit this place often.
Sometimes I talk to mom as if she were sitting next to me. Other times I just talk aloud complaining about some trivial thing that doesn’t matter in the big picture of life, but I feel better after I vent awhile. Often is the time when I simply sit quiet listening to the world around me. The peacefulness that surrounds me is as comforting as a hug.
My dad rests on this farm too. He lays under a hickory tree in my pasture. I discuss all things farming with him. I enjoy the time spent there, but I do wish that I could spend a few more hours with him, listening to his stories and corny jokes. I am sure that both he and mom are proud of my accomplishments and I take comfort that even though they are both gone, they are still very close.
I get to visit my parents graves without leaving my farm. I have had countless cups of coffee with them as I work out a problem or pour my heart out when life kicks me in the teeth. When I am depressed, cranky or heart-broken, I always feel better after visiting mom’s place. Some things never change I guess, and for that, I am very grateful.
The little hamlet where mom rests, is a spot she picked out. I chose the spot for dad. I know he would like to watch the animals, walk the furrows with me when I plow and feel the lines in my hands as I drive the horses. My mom loved maple syrup time, but I think it is more the laughter from the children who visit and the fact that I spend a lot of time in and around the sugarhouse, that caused her to pick her place.
My lambs are being born right now. The mother’s are doting over their babies. They keep them close and bleat when they get too far away. They nurse them and rest beside them. The lambs don’t stray too far…at least for now. The babies will grow fast and like all babies, will one day leave mom behind…we all did. Mom, will watch them go with a special sadness in her heart, as they make their way in the world.
Then comes the day when mom is gone, life is forever changed…A longing for the “good old days” will smack us in the head now and then, when we stop to remember her. The bond between mother and child is never broken. It might get bent sometimes, but a mother’s love is pure and everlasting … that is why, she is never really gone… just absent.
My mom has two places here on my farm. One place is that quiet place by the sugarhouse. The other place is deep in my heart where only goodness is found…..which according to some…is buried pretty deep. I hold her dear, remember her often and always feel pleased when I take the time to visit Mom’s Place.
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