In the United States, Sunday, May 10 is Mother’s Day, but because of the pandemic, most of us will not be able to get together with our children, no matter how close they live. Many of us will make the best of it through Skype or Zoom, and that is exactly what Clif and I will be doing on Sunday morning. Despite having bad points, technology really is a blessing. Being able to see and talk to my children makes me feel ever so much better.
Recently, as I was scrolling through my vast library of pictures, I came across Mother’s Day photos taken seven years ago. I was younger and in better shape. My hair was still dark. Liam was alive, and my daughter Shannon and son-in-law Mike lived in South Portland, an easy drive from where we live. (Dee, in New York, was too far away to join us, but she would come later in the summer.)
For a Mother’s Day treat, Shannon made her signature low-flour chocolate cupcakes with peppermint cream. Oh so good. I could have one right now.
The day was cool and green. We took the dogs for a walk and then had cupcakes and tea when we came back.
These pictures make me both wistful and grateful, aware of both loss and happy memories.
Life is like that, isn’t it?
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Look how small Holly was?! Couldn’t pick her up now! 😜
Wish I could come make those cupcakes for you this weekend!! But very thankful for Zoom so at least we’ll be able to at least see each other.
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Thanks, Shannon! Looking forward to “seeing” you.
Bob and I were almost 2 years beyond our cancer surgeries, we still had both of our dogs, and we never could have imagined life in the covid times. Life always has surprises!
It surely does. Onward we go.
That’s a wonderful photo – and those cupcakes look amazing! Happy Mother’s Day, my friend.
Thanks, Jodie! A happy Mother’s Day to you, too.
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Life is definitely like that. Bittersweet many times. Happy Mothers Day, friend. 🙂
And the same to you!
A lovely memory Laurie – Happy Mother’s Day!
Many thanks!
What a lovely photo Laurie.
Thanks so much!
You will have to make a cupcake yourself this year to eat at your zoom meeting.
Thanks, Tootlepedal. I made brownies from a box. Don’t usually bake like that, but somehow those brownies are ridiculously good.
Yes….. both loss and happy memories ..
…..I completely agree.
All twined together.
Oh my goodness, those cupcakes look divine. Please ask Shannon to send a few this way!
WIshing you a very happy Mother’s Day!
Those cupcakes were unbelievably good. A happy Mother’s Day to you, too.
Challenging times, for sure. I think I miss hugs the most. But as you wrote, at least we can see their faces via the internet, better than not at all. Hope your Mother’s Day holds gifts all the same.
Many thanks! The same to you.
I hope you have a wonderful couple of calls on Sunday. I have really gotten to cherish video calls lately. It’s amazing how close they can make you feel.
Oh, thanks. And a happy mother’s day to you. I, too, cherish those video calls. Makes it seem as though we are really visiting.
There will probably be a lot of zoom Mother’s Day get togethers.
All over the country. Thank goodness for Zoom.
A lovely photo of you and your daughter with your buddies. I hope you all have a lovely chat together tomorrow
Many thanks!
I keep reminding myself that in my Grandparents and great-grandparents time if a family member emigrated to Australia or America they would probably never be seen again and the only contact would be by letter (unless they lived somewhere where they could send a telegram and afford the fee). Births, marriages and deaths would only be heard about weeks or months after they happened. Even moving to the next county would have meant visits very infrequently. My parents wrote home every Sunday when I was a child and their siblings wrote back every week too. Now I message my children every day and even when my son is in Bangladesh visiting the in-laws I can contact him instantly if I need to. I miss them very much but it is better than it was way back then.
Yes, yes! It was the same here. Back in the day, when someone moved out west from Maine, it was unlikely that they would ever see their family again. A lonesome thought. Very grateful for Zoom and email.
So true. My grandma moved from Michigan to Seattle at age 18 to be with her sisters. I don’t think any of them ever saw Michigan again, or their parents. .
Oh, my! At least I get to see my children from time to time.
It is, indeed, Laurie.
Bittersweet.
Yes
Life is like that and I hope you and your family have a Happy Mother’s Day virtual morning of coffee or tea, plenty of delicious breakfast desserts, laughs and conversation sharing more of those happy memories, like that wonderful photo, and looking forward to when you can all be together in your home.
Thanks so much!
What a lovely photograph Laurie with special memories to treasure. Wishing you a blessed Mother’s Day tomorrow too 💜 xxx
Thanks, Xenia!
Wonderful memories and thanks to technology which makes us us see our passed moments.
Treat yourself tomorrow and keep smiling.
Many, thanks!
Those are lovely photos and memories, Laurie. Our good memories are all treasures to keep. ❤
It is. Happy days! One of my friends is having a birthday and his daughter has been putting together a video and asked me to send something for it. It has made me a bit nostalgic, although I suspect what’s happening now is making us all feel nostalgic for any time it wasn’t like this.
You bet!
Once of these days you will see Shannon in real life and she will bring you fresh cupcakes.
Someday…
One of these days you will see Shannon in real life and she will bring you a fresh cupcake.
A consoling thought.
Liam was such a beautiful dog.
Thanks so much! And one of the sweetest dogs in town. How I miss him!