Visiting Loved Ones at the Cemetery During #MothersDay

After attending mass at the church, we ate    dinner at Theo Yianni's, and then  we  proceeded to  the Chapel Hill Cemetery to visit   loved ones ( my husband's parents and two brothers.)  We usually visit my FIL  on special occasions when he was still around and this was the first time that we celebrated without him so we went to the cemetery to visit them.  

 I had to take my shoes off because it was   slushy and muddy due to the rain from previous days.

 I wish that I could have met my MIL but I wasn't able to come  before she passed.  I did talk to her on the phone when I was still in my country and she seemed really nice.

 It's sad to think that  my FIL won't be around anymore for my children's graduations and other occasion but  I hope that he would be looking down still.

 

I am thankful for the gift of  life, for my children, for my husband and for the good life we live here on earth.  I pray that I would still be around to witness  my  children's  different   stages in life and hope to see grandchildren in the future.  My prayer for Mother's Day is that, may the good Lord   blessed my children good health and may they  grow up to be good people and be successful in life.  

Mother's Day and Graduation

 Although I have mentioned in my previous posts that I have encountered some  setback financially, still I have a lot to be thankful for this year.   The good outweighed the bad which is great!  My youngest sister whom my husband and I sent to college is finally graduating.  Her graduation will be this Saturday, April 12.  My siblings who lives   far from our province will be  coming home to witness  our sister's graduation.  I  just wish that I could be there to celebrate this moment with them.

It's been  5 years since I last saw my mother and I miss her so much.  I am so thankful that my husband has a huge heart.  He is always willing to  help my family especially my mother.  We support her financially because  we are the only one that could  really help her.  I am so grateful that I  am blessed with a very supportive, kind, and loving husband.  This Mother's day, I want to  do something especial for my mother who sacrificed  a lot just to raise 9  kids.  She could have easily left when  life was so tough but she didn't.  She stuck by us and  raised us the best she could.  I am what I am today because of my parents, especially my Mom.

I am a mom of two and I know how it special it feels when you kids hand you flowers.  I remember when we were still in Korea, my kids gave me a  bouquet.  Now that they are bigger, they make personalized gifts that I treasure so much!

Motherhood is such a blessing.  Not all women get to enjoy it and I am one of the lucky ones who  enjoy its bliss to the fullest!

Moms Make Children Blossom

My sweet Rylie a.k.a Ms. Burrito came home yesterday with a surprise.  She made me a special Mother's day card in school.  The back of the card has a folded  paper with drawing that says "Moms  make children blossom".  Isn't that the sweetest thing?  

This is what it look like in front.

I love it Anak, thank you for making Mommy's day very special!  You and your brother are my  everything!  

Sunflower

Remember this sunflower that my daughter gave me for mother's day?

We kept it for   several days  inside the house for it to grow.

Last weekend,  she planted them in the yard already.

Thank you so much my dearest Burrito for being such a loving daughter.  We love you so much!

Fun-Filled Mother's day

I've posted on my Nostalgic Marveling blog our fun-filled and adventurous Mother's day this year. Together with close our friends, we celebrated the special day at the Raccoon Creek Park in PA. Although it was cold that day but we had so much!

I mentioned on my previous post that I wasn't able to locate the mother's day card that my daughter made for me the last time I was looking for it. well, I cleaned up the clutter in our computer desk and found it. So here it is.

Here's the card that hubby gave me on that special day, thanks Hon!

My SIL Chris is very thoughtful, she never forgot to give me card in every occasion. She also gave me a butterfly garden stick to put in my garden but I put it in the flower vase hehehe.

A dear friend from California also sent me a personalized MD message. Thanks Dhemz and Akesh.

I want to thank Raquel for going with us even though they have committed to other activity to attend to. Hope you enjoyed your first first Mother's day Manay!

Thanks also to the Worthingthon family for joining and celebrating the MD with us. We had so much with you guys!

She also gave me a bouquet of carnation, luvya badingding.. You are so sweet (alam mo ba fresh pa din yung flowers hehehe).

I had a flower vase full of sweet flowers from sweet people on that special day!

This is my entry to..

We Love You Momma!

When I was 29 years old and still not married.. and no boyfriend lol... my dreams of having my own children was falling apart. But God is so great that He gave me a great blessing to be a Mom to two loving kids.

On the night before Mother's Day, my daughter was very busy doing something and she asked me if she could use some aluminum foil for the art project that she was doing. I asked her what she was doing but she told me that it's a secret. When she got done, she handed me these flowers made from art paper and she used the alum. foil as stems. She also made me a card but I couldn't find it now (So sorry Rye), I will look for it though.

Then her and Daddy went to the store the night before Mom's day and she bought a card for me. It took 30 minutes for EJ to write his name lol.

I love you so much kids. I am grateful to be your Mom!

Before they went to the store, I instructed hubby not to buy me any flowers as it is very expensive. But when they returned, Rylie handed me this three red rose. I looked into my husband's eyes and he immediately told me that Rylie insisted to buy these (good thing the flowers was on the reduced price lol).

Thank you Lord that you gave me an great opportunity to be a Mother!

Sweet Little Girl

I was so touched by the sweetness of this little but beautiful girl from California. She sent me a very special gift for Mother's day, it's a personalized MD card! Do you recognize her? Yep, she is the daughter of my closefriends in the blogland, Dhemz and Greg. Thanks a lot Akesha my dear, you made Tita Rose very very happy. Tell Mommy thank you for helping you made this beautiful card! Take care and stay as sweet as you are!

Roses with Love

These are the rose I received from my little burritos. Good night everyone. I'll be visiting tomorrow. Sorry to those I wasn't able to visit today, I am so tired now.. Thanks for dropping by!

A Mother's Love Determines How

I found this beautiful poem for Moms at poemsforfree.com by Nicholas Gordon and I find it very beautiful. I am dedicating this poem to my Mother who bears a lot of sacrifices just to raise us. Thanks a lot Mama for the TLC that you bestowed upon us. I love you!

A mother's love determines how

We love ourselves and others.

There is no sky we'll ever see

Not lit by that first love.

Stripped of love, the universe

Would drive us mad with pain;

But we are born into a world

That greets our cries with joy.

How much I owe you for the kiss

That told me who I was!

The greatest gift--a love of life--

Lay laughing in your eyes.

Because of you my world still has

The soft grace of your smile;

And every wind of fortune bears

The scent of your caress.

conversation

"Hey Dad, can we please bake a cake today?"

"Cake for what?"

"For Mom's day!"

"But we don't have the ingredients honey"

Well, let's go to the commisary then"

"Okidoc!"

That's the result of my daughter and husband's conversation! Have a blessed Mother's day to all the Moms!

Thanks for everything Mama!

I grew up adoring my Mother for her tender love and care for us. She and my Father raised their nine children with great love and pride. They did not give up on each other despite of life's challenges. Mama taught me to do household chores at a very young age because I was the eldest daughter among her kids. I am always fond of the memories of me and Mama doing our laundry in the river nearby our house. I would always remember that precious moment that we did together as I was growing up. I think what made that bonding so special is that, nobody does their laundry in the river anymore in this modern day.

This Mother's day, I would like to make her feel extra special by sending her flowers. It is not impossible to buy flowers online and deliver it to the very special someone in your life, especially your one and only MOM! I don't think Mama receive any flower from us yet, so this will be a very special one for her and I want to surprise her with something different and lovely this time. To you Mama, I hope that through the flowers that I will send you, you would be able to feel how much I love and miss you! May God always take care of you so that we will have more time to be together with your grandchildren. We may not have the luxurious materials in the world, but your love and compassion will remain in my heart forever, I love you!