“A wreath of rhymes wherewith to crown your honoured name”*
by chuckofish
It’s finally Friday and the sun is out, hopefully to stay through the weekend. Do you have something planned with your mother/grandmother/daughter/sister/aunt/family friend to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday?
If so, that’s very nice, but you could also just sit quietly and look out the window and think about all those ladies who have meant so much to you over the years and about those ladies who meant so much to them.
My mother with her mother c. 1927…
…and my father with his mother c. 1923…

Here’s my brother with our Aunt Donna c. 1951.
…and my sister with her niece (daughter #1)…

And then there are the mommies in training:
Or you could read a poem, such as “Piano” by D. H. Lawrence:

God bless them all.

*Christina Rossetti “Sonnets Are Full of Love”




Great pics and a wonderful poem. I have always like D.H. Lawrence’s poetry more than his novels.
You look so much like Katie in that last picture! Lovely post! xo
A perfect post! I especially love the picture of Aunt Donna, as I’m not sure I’ve ever seen her that age, but she looks so much like your mother. Katie really is a mommy-in-training. Happy Mother’s Day to you!!!
Donna was 17 and a senior in high school in that picture–the president of her class at Bancroft.