One nice thing about your Mother

deborahthecraft · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 364 Location: California

Tell me one nice thing about your Mother.
Mine died when I was 13 and was riddled with cancer from when I was 7,and had five kids under five on my fifth birthday so I never really knew her.
I can't rememeber very many good things,so please share...

*She would let me sneak a lick of the beaters when she made chocolate chip cookies!*

schnitzle · Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 72 Location: Seattle

My mom was always there to champion my causes. No matter what anyone else thought she thought I was the prettiest, most talented girl in the world. Something that can be very important when the rest of the world seems to be against you.

Deborah, I also lost my mom, but not at such a young age. I'm so sorry :(
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jean · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject:

deborah,

i'm so sorry you lost your mom at such a young age.

my mom used to make me fresh squeezed orange juice every morning.
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sun bear · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 443

I have a crafty mom who taught me everything I know in crafting. She used to do woodworking, painting, sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, you name it. It's funny how things I take for granted are odd to people, i.e. how she used to fix the chair using waxed dental floss rather than buying some over priced thread (it was one of those chairs with the stitching you're supposed to see...i believe it's called a wasilly chair) she also has always encouraged me to pursue different interests and get well educated, as she has always believed that education is not wasted money.

She still does alot of the above crafts, her newest obcession is beaded bracelets...how very cool :)

jt
eta, I miss our evening snacks, when my dad would go to bed and we'd sit up having snacks and chatting...it's hard to do that from far away :(

soapandwater · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 945

My mommy believes I can be a writer and would probably attack anyone who attacked me, even if I was an elderly lady, and she was nothing but a ghost.
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lizzymahoney · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 804

I learned compassion from my mom. She's a long retired nurse, but grew up dirt poor during the depression. She would wake up in the middle of the night to find her parents had taken in families that had been burned out or thrown out of their homes. They shared their meager food with anyone less fortunate. She cared for wounded WWII soldiers at VA hospitals when she was just a kid, really. She's one of 7 girls, and now only four are still alive. The oldest is 87, the youngest 74. My mom is 79.

miss vig · Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 4 Location: san anto, texas

my mother always treated me with respect and listened to what i had to say. she taught me how to be a mother that her child can actually talk to as i talk to her.

Athos · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 446 Location: San Francisco

deborah, i'm so sorry to hear about your experience! it's really thoughtful of you to start this thread.

i can't say enough wonderful things about my mother. today is her 60th birthday and it breaks my heart that i'm not with her. she always supported me, in everything. we even still take naps together when i'm home (sometimes wiht my sister, who's 25), and she'll call out from work for being fatigued so she can stay home and do fun stuff with me.

CraftinFool · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 809 Location: New England

If I compliment my Mom on something she has - especially something she's wearing - she immediately tries to convince me to take it for myself sinceI like it.

Mom rocks.

sewing stars · Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 112 Location: Little Rhody

My mother always encouraged me to pursue being an artist. She got me art lessons when I was in 5th & 6th grade, she always got me art/craft supplies, and she always would let me do crafty or artsy things with her.

Due to a hard childhood, and some mental issues for her right now, I haven't really been able to speak with her for almost three years. I hope that someday she will work through her problems and we will be able to have a relationship again.
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susan*s · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 99 Location: Portland, OR

My mom was really disappointed that I didn't want to go to grad school six years ago (she & my brother are both teachers with masters degrees) and went to jewelry school instead... but now she loves my jewelry and wears the pieces I give her a lot, and tells all her friends and students that her daughter is an artist.

When I call to tell her good news, she says in this amazed/incredulous voice, "are you SERIOUS?!" and gets all excited.

Deborah, I'm so sorry about the loss of your mom. I miss my grandmother a lot, she was very sick for years and died when I was 12 too. She was the only other crafty one in my family, and I remember her making doll clothes for me and playing dolls with me for hours. I really miss her lately!! Lots of love to you & thanks for starting this sweet thread... I think that cookie batter memory is lovely.

susan
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deborahthecraft · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 364 Location: California

All of these are so sweet,I am at my day job desk crying openly.
I love all of your mothers,what spirits!
Thank you for the nice thoughts and for sharing.

lex · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 34

What a nice thread!!

My mom is very interested in my life, my friends, and my taste in movies and books. She is very supportive and a compassionate person. Both my parents have always taught me to question things, and to treat people the way I wish to be treated. My mom is also pretty open about telling me how much she loves me. I`m pretty close to her.

Lyssalicious · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 161 Location: Midwest

This really is a sweet thread.

My mom has always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. She said I could be a writer, she said I could be an actress, she said I could be a marine biologist (although given my attitudes toward math and science, she was probably a little more skeptical about that. She never said it, though.)

She always gushed over all my accomplishments. Like, when I was eight and wrote stupid plays and made my brother and my neighbor act in them with me, she thought they were brilliant. My mommy is my #1 fan.

For Mother's Day I wrote her a letter thanking her for all these things, and I'm sure she'll cry when she reads it. I almost cried writing it, and I'm not a cry-er.