Our Mother's

As Mother's Day approaches I think back of all the things my mother did for me. She was always there when I needed her and I am so thankful that she was. So I wanted to talk to you about things concerning our mothers and ourselves. The other day I was talking with my Mom and  we were talking about when she got  married. She was very young when she got married and first of all she eloped. Out of the blue a question popped in my mind. Mom,I asked ! Do you remember the dress you got married with? She is 92 and she replied " Yes I remember, I borrowed it from my aunt and it was black with pink flowers. She said the saying at the time was If you wear black you wish yourself back. grin. But I never thought of asking her that question before. Now another thing my Mom told me was when she was young her mother used to cut her hair and she cut it square all around with a bang in front. Mom said she hated that hairdo and after she got married she never cut her hair until way later in life. She said she wore it in a bun most of the time and said her hair was below her waist. Then Mom told me after she got married they moved in with my Dad's parents and family and Dad's family was a big family and poor and Mom told me she took some flour bags sewed them together and made sheets for the beds, now you have to remember my Mom was a very young girl at the time, barely fifteen.  She sewed all our clothes as we were growing ,knitted us mittens and stockings .I am so pleased that they have made an annual celebration to honor all the mothers . They honestly deserve their very own special day. Why did I title this blog Our Mothers? Well because I wanted to ask you to talk with your mothers and grandmothers, ask them about themselves, what they loved to do, their favorite colors, what they remember about growing up. Who were their favorite movie actors? What kinds of books did they read? What were their parents like? Then write their answers down in a little book or online or record it. Our mothers will not be with us forever, I know some of you have already lost yours and I bet you would love to have asked them so many things. Don't wait! Do it soon.  When Mother's day arrives, show them your love and appreciation, a card, some flowers , or gifts. I have added a few cards from my store and a pretty mug ,there are lots of various mugs and cards at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*    

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Had an Aline Day

Hello everyone. As you must know by now,it has been  a while since I blogged. So this morning I am up bright and early. It is now eight o'clock in the morning. I have been busy lately .My Mom is still in the hospital ,she has been there since November. She had taken a stroke and my family and I thought she would never walk again, nor eat, not even talk. She is 92 years old but let me tell you, this lady has something that I sure hope I have at her age. She has determination and that is a must have, if a person wants something bad enough. She was put on a feeding tube, now she is on partial pureed and soft foods, she could not walk, she now walks a bit with her walker , she could not talk ,she used to have to write on a notepad, she now talks. My family and I are so proud of her. I also have a special friend at a different hospital who has been there since February, so I have been travelling to both hospitals nearly evey day.

Once in a while ,a person needs a day of their own and yesterday was Aline's Day. I woke up early yesterday morning, and decided I needed an Aline Day. What did I do? Well as most of you must know, I have a love for genealogy.Genealogy is tracing our family's ancestors. It has been a love of mine since 1976 and I never tire of it. That is where I went to spend my Aline Day, to the genealogy center. I arrived there quite early, and settled down behind a micro film machine and I felt so at ease. No worries, no thinking about anything or anyone else for a short while. I am presently helping someone find their ancestors and I am succeeding very well . I then decided to do some transcribing of records to add on my acadian-roots.com  website. While I was transcribing ,I spoke to someone who used to work there long ago and who happened to stop by . I feel so at home there, if you think about it, I started my genealogy in 1976 that means I have been going there for the last 35 years. And would you believe I still find information there that I never knew existed? So my Aline Day went very well but there was one thing wrong, the day flew by so fast ,soon it was time to leave the genealogy center and return home.

Last night I came online and created a few more items , I created two new t-shirts . I have recently added a few angel things too, postcards,coasters,stickers. If you have time please check out my place at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*    Thanks for the lovely visit, do stop by again.

Chow for now

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