How was your Mother's Day?


There is a reason for this story...promise!!

Yesterday, my daughter's mother in law and I (we are next door neighbors) headed out to a book store 30 miles away (none within 30 miles where I live). Ten minutes into the drive we discovered by cell phone that my daughter was available and would like to join us, so I turned around without question and went to retrieve her.

When we returned to drop her off at home, she asked if we would watch the youngest (the autistic one) while she took the two older ones to tennis lessons.

While we were watching the little guy, my son in law went to the store.

When he returned...had to buy soda; he and I can't be without it LOL...he had a bunch of roses. Of course, I knew who they were for. So, he went about putting the few groceries away. Then is came into the family room with something in each hand.

He handed his mom and me each a heart shaped cake with the plastic thing on top that had a watering can and flowers on it and said: "Love Blooms Around Mom"

What is important here is that we do ALL the yard work in his yard. Mostly me this years, since his mom is incapacitated these days. Only he would see this and make that connection!! Thus, buying the cakes. He amazes me with what he sees around him and what he doesn't see.

Oh yes, and after my daughter received her "made by a 6 yr old and a 9 yr old breakfast in bed", they are all coming over here to put my window A/C's in for me.

Hi Carolyn,
I had a strange experience on Mother's Day. My daughter couldn't come because she was on duty, so she sent me a beautiful bouquet of flowers via "Interflora". I put it in a large vase in the living room and we went to have lunch at my in-laws (my poor mother-in-law always insists on cooking for her children and their families on Mother's Day).
I ate a little bit of seafood paella -actually only a litte rice, 1 shrimp and 3 clams (I'm serious!) and a small portion of marzipan filled puff pastry for desert.

When we got home that evening the house had a strong, penetratingly sweet smell, as if someone had emptied a bottle of perfume all over the place. I sat down to watch TV and almost immediately my heart started beating like crazy and I had difficulty breathing. I honestly thought that either the shrimps or the clams were to blame ... they're sometimes drenched in chemical preservatives. It got better when I went off to bed, but when I got up in the morning it started again, I felt on the verge of a heart attack, so I went out on the balcony to get some fresh air. I got better instantly. Then I realized that it always got worse near the flowers...I finally realized that it was two beautiful lillies that were giving off that strong aroma and literally "taking my breath away"!! It had never happened to me before, I have never been allergic to anything. Anyway...the lillies ended up in the garbage can and the other flowers were pardoned.