Mother's Day

Mother’s Day

It’s hard to sit down and write a blog today. The weather here is beautiful; alright for Oregon it’s downright hot and difficult to glue myself in my chair.

Today is Mother’s Day a day to acknowledge the women in our lives. Naturally I thought of my mom first. When she shared her love of reading with me my life was changed forever. She’d also taught me domestic necessities of sewing and canning which has been fun to pass on to my daughters.

I also think of other women who have made a difference in my life. While growing up our neighbor, Letitia was like a grandmother to us. Every May Day we would put flowers on her porch and hide after we rang the doorbell. This beloved tradition I used as the opening scene for my May Day anthology Love in Bloom.    

Grandma Jo shared her love of knitting with me. How I would love to return to the peacefulness of her porch swing.

Mother's and grandmother's play an important part in my stories. Raised by their grandmother’s Jay Prescott and Lillian Ross would do anything to help his grandmother in A Wife for Jay Prescott.

Happy Mother’s Day to the women in your life.