When I was a little girl
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I declared to my mother,
"I'm going to run away and
live in a castle
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and I'm never coming back!"
She would say
"Well then
I shall become a queen
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and
I will
FIND YOU
FIND YOU
and we will reign
together."
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"If you run after me,"
said I
"I will pretend that
I am a horse princess
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and I will gallop
"Well if you become
a horse princess
I will just have
to become
so that you
and keep me
will love me
and keep me
by your side
forever."
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When
I grew up
I grew up
I said to my mother
"Momma, I am going
far far away to school.
Please come and find me
when I graduate."
And she never found me.
But I after all these years
I Am My Mother's Daughter.
161 comments:
Dearest Anita
How proud your mother would be of you today. I know she knows of your success. The horse of your dreams looks like "My Spotty Pony"
Wishing you a week full of joy and continued dreams
Helen xx
Tears rooting down my face now. We always are, thank goodness.
Teresa
xoxo
So beautiful and touching!
Blessings, Joanne
Oh my goodness...there are no words for the sadness and happiness I feel for you. I am so sorry that you lost your mother to such a horrible disease but happy for you that you have your memories, and love for you with in your heart. I weep for myself too becuause I would not be able to carry on without my mother...
You are a dear, kind, loving and wonderful woman and I am absolutely sure that you r mother looks dosn on you each and everyday and send you her love and guidance.
Have a wonderful weekend dear friend, love and hugs to you.
Elizabethxoxo
Beautiful, you speak our hearts with each post... today you told us what is deep inside yours. Her beauty comes out in you writing Anita, what a gift.
my mascara is running down my face!
this is beautiful!!!!love this post, thank you Anita:)
Having lost my Mom to cancer last year...your beautiful post holds special meaning for me too. Thank you for these lovely images and thoughtful words.
she never found you...
sniff, sniff,
but you found her
inside of you..
smiling...
that was beautiful
anita..oh my...
tears are on my lashes
my dear sweet friend.
you must do illustrations
for this...you must...
it must become a story
in print, one i can easily
pick up at barnes and noble
and smile and say well done
my dear anita...well done
dear girl!!!
Oh dear one she is closer than she has ever been and yet the same as she has ever been...always within and part of all you are and ever will be. I pray my daughters would feel so for me. Your words are exquisite and powerful, your images are perfect. Have you any idea how you touch and move others?
This is very beautiful...
So touching, and your words dance like lovely ribbons into the past, and flowing into the present.
You not only catch our attention so we ~T H I N K~
but
also
F E E L
Much Love,
Violet
Oh Anita Sweetie...
I am wiping tears as I write. What a beautiful share that you have found within your heart this evening. It is beautiful. A memory that you brought to life.
I know you sweet Momma is just smiling with pride not only as you wrote this, but as she watches others read it. It is beautiful.
Thank you for warming my heart this evening sweetie. Many hugs and so much love, Sherry
I have such a lump in my throat right now. It huts to much. Sometimes there are no words to respond.
You are AMAZING
So beautiful, Anita! Your Mama sounds amazing. I so wish she was around for her to see you as you are today. She would be so proud of you! Thanks for sharing your heart!
Much Love,
Heidi
Dear Anita. so lovely and connected to me; as I am my Mother's Daughter as well!
Playing my favorite song ever ....
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Very beautiful and very moving.
So lovely Anita... I think we all understand and feel deeply your sentiments... xv
Oh my goodness this post has brought me to tears. So touching. So sweet. I am left speechless about it.
I hope in the future you do not look at "errors" on a daily basis as errors, but rather experiences. I think there is freedom in that. I hope your decision in resigning will be a wonderful thing for you that opens many more doors in creativity and writing and all the things you love! And I hope you find freedom in that.
I love the quote you mentioned in your comment, "You are not the mistakes you make." That is a powerful thought to grasp. I know I have struggled with grief over certain mistakes in my past and it has been a process to separate who I actually am from those mistakes. We should not take on the identity of those things!
I hope you are enjoying a lovely weekend. XOXO
Une maman c'est sacré !
J'ai besoin tous les jours de ma mère, de ses conseils, de son côté positif et rassurant ...
Gros bisous belle Anita.
Marie-Ange
Beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes.
Of course you are dear Anita!!! I think you have brought many of us to tears with all this beauty...speechless...Love dear friend, Dzintra xo
Your post has brought tears on my eyes! So sweet and touching!
Dear Anita, how beautiful to read! I'm sorry she didn't make it to your graduation. But what a great hope we have. We know we will see our loved ones again! And how wonderful to visit your blog again after all this time. I'm looking forward to next time already! (I love the girl and the horse photo!!!!) Have a LOVELY Sunday!
Kristin
How beautiful. It brought me to tears. I think this touches something in each of us Anita.
Thank you.
Lovely post Anita...
It made me remember so many wonderful things about my relationship with my mother who passed away a couple of years already but her legacy still lives within our family. And yes, I guess almost all girls turn out into something like their mothers.
Dearest Anita i LOVE this post - it's so full of poetry and wisdom, almost like reading a full novel in small. Must bake a cake now for my sons b-day today - 22 - OMG! xoxox
So incredibly beautiful and moving. Thank you, Anita.
Oh my, Anita...This is such a beautiful post and I can relate to this so much...I see so much of my mum in myself these days and feel she is always around me...even more so as the years pass by...
You clearly had a very special lady in your life which is why you are the special person you are today.
Hope you have a lovely Sunday Anita...I'm sipping my morning coffee with the sun shining through the window here!
Susan x
Oh my dear dear dearest Anita...this post make me cry......so beautiful...your mom is always with you...just like mine.....we now that darling.......love love love you.....xxx...
So beautiful Anita. I lost my mumma when I was 18. It has taken me a long time to find her, I had to get past the anger first! As always, thoughtful and loving prose from you. Dear friend!
Much love
Di
X
Such a beautiful post Anita. I love the mix of childhood memories with the present.
xo Mary Jo
Absolutely beautiful, Anita...poetically beautiful...such love.
Catherine
xx
Dear Anita,
This post brought tears to my eyes, so lovely that you are your Mother's daughter and how she must have made you the beautiful Woman you are today.
Love all the beautiful photos and the new header.
Wishing you a wonderful new week
Hugs
Carolyn
Dearest,
Like all good art, sometimes one cannot say all that one loves about it. There are some things in the world that simply cannot be explained or quantified in their entirety. That's the way it is for me with this piece. Maybe that's kind of what faith is like. You just "know" something without really, empirically knowing anything. So I can give few reasons why this is one of my favorite things you have posted, except that I "know" it -- in my heart.
Love
Ruben
I can barely see my keyboard to comment on this brilliant post....
As tears roll down my face I am reminded why I will forever believe you are like no other person I have EVER met in my life.
Amazingly talented does not begin to describe your artistic and literary "gifts"...
I said this to you when I first met you and I will say it again:
The world will stand up and take notice of Anita Rivera one day, and I will be in the crowd applauding my dear friend with all the other hundreds of thousands who have been touched by the "gifts" God has bestowed upon you...
Today, I am in complete awe of Anita Rivera, the poet.
God bless you, my extraordinary friend.
xoxo
Your words tug at my heart. A Mother's spirit shall be at our side...holding our hand...drying our tears...laughing together joyfully...always and forever.
Thank you for a lovely, gentle post.
Warmly,
Judy
What a beautiful and tender post, Anita!
Happy Day for you, my dear and sweet Anita!
Anita, this one really got to me. This is so incredible, poignant and touching. I know she is with you even though she might not be physically there. I bet shes even read this post and tribute to her. It is beautifully written and expressed and a gentle reminder to enjoy each day that we have with our loved ones. Time is precious as we all soon come to know. Thank you and wishing you talented lady a fabulous day!
Oh Anita, that is so beautiful. It brought a tear to my eye. As someone who has not had a mother since I was 12 it is a feeling I do not remember. I did have it with my grandmother, but it was a different feeling. Your words are so poignet I just love to read you.
blessing dear friend,
Sue
Oh... so lovely. So from your heart and just lovely. I'm sure your mother really has found you. That's what faith is all about and you have it... You know it's true because you are "your mother's daughter" after all.
Blessings,
Ann
I couldn't have imagined a better and more perfect distillation of the mother-daughter relationship than the one you created in word and image.
We pull away for a time to forge our own, separate identities. This is natural. In the end, so much of what we are has been gifted us by our mothers... no matter how much we initially run from the gift. So much of the best of what I am came from my mother. She gave up her dreams to fulfill her responsibilities as a mother and wife but encouraged me to follow my own path. She always believed in me even as she knew her helpful advice to become a lawyer may have been more financially expedient–– she knew that wasn't who I was.
Barely a day goes by that I don't think of her grace and generosity.
You brought her back to me beautifully. Looks like our mothers had a lot in common.
Gorgeous post.
Antia, I love you, tears are in my eyes and I know you Mamma never left you. She was beside you every second. Every sweet breeze on your face is your Mamma., The heat from the Sun is Mamma. She will never leave you.
Happy Mothers Day Darling.
yvonne
Anita! This is one of the most beautiful and moving posts you have ever done. Bravo!!
xoxo,
Nancy
Oh, Anita I have goosebumps and shivers down my spine! What a perfect post of you and your mother!
I am glad to see you worked out your tech. difficulties!
Gorgeous Header!
Thank you for your kind and encouraging words! You are a wonderful friend! I just adore you!
Happy Sunday!
The ones we love never really leave us. They're always watching over us.
ma chère Anita,
J `espère que tu va bien - ton post aujourd`hui , il me fait triste...est-ce-que tu connais la chanson: une dernière fois - Patricia Kaas chante... elle est ma belle chansonette de ( environ ) 20 ans. Ecoutez ma chère Anita!!!Tu sais, je t`embrasse avec tout mon coeur - j `ai eu quatre déces famillaire en 18 mois - la vie commence... je garde pour ma Maman, elle as 72 ans et elle est très malade - le déces de mon frère Dieter en Avril 2011 - la vie n`est pas facile...
Ma Belle, chaque jour - je voir tes jolies objects et j`ai un grand plaisir et plus du Bonheur - because of YOU!
tu as une grande place dans mon coeur
ta Birgit - je garde pour toi!!!
Oh Anita, you brought a tear to my eye, and that's hard thing to do me being a dog!! Mom has just piped up that as she as grown older she can see her mother is in her. Such loving words.
Gald you sorted out your PC and could post this heart touching post Thanks for you visit, it always makes my fur stand up when I see your comment, to think a beauitful loving lady as you would visit and comment on my bloggie. I love you.
George xxxx
Oh Anita,
I have tears rolling down my cheeks. They are tears of love, as I know exactly what you are talking about here. Mothers and daughters...where do I begin? hehe Daughters try so hard to be something that is far from what we are in those early teenage years, then they become independent and want to do everything on their own, and then they realize that they are their mother's daughter and rejoice in it! I don't know if I mentioned to you, but I lost my mom three years ago, and I miss her dearly, and see everything and all she did for her family. These pictures are so perfect for this post. I love the white horse and what you said about it...so beautiful. I just want to take this post and copy it all and put it out for everyone I know to see. That's how much I liked it. This is a special tribute to your own mother. God bless her. She raised an exceptional daughter. Happy Sunday to you, dear.
~Sheri at Red Rose Alley
When I was in my early twenties, I use to say " Oh, no! I sound just like my mother!" That was the last thing I wanted. But now that I am much older, I am strive to be more of the person she was and is. I am contented when Bits of mother appear in my being.
Yes, I saw here here, just now.
I never had a mother but I have had dreams of castles and horses to share with my daughter!
xoxo
Andie
Beautiful Anita!Touching, Melancholy,made us all think of our Mothers.
Dearest Anita
Your words pull at my heart strings. So very beautiful. I believe you mother did come with you...in your mind heart and soul.
Bisous, Penny
I haven't sobbed like this since I came home from the war in Iraq and fell into my mother's arms, and felt so, so safe. There isn't enough battle gear that can provide the security and love I have in my moma's arms.
Thank you, for your words; you have a way of making me FEEL when I thought all feelings gone.
What a beautiful post my sweetest friend Anita. Just like I always know I will find here whenever I come to visit. If you are your mother's daughter, then your mother was beautiful!!!!
In answer to your question----Artful Blogging found me and e-mailed and ask if they could feature me in their Summer issue. Of course I said YES!!!!
sending love,
What a beautiful Mum! How lucky were you. But so sad she didnt make it to graduation. But Im sure she lives on in you like she said she would. Mothers and mothering is amazing! Much love, Fiona
You moved me to tears!!! You are such a poetess!!
Beautiful!
White horses..... You and I just love them , no?grin
I have a momma and a foal horse on my blog that I just made, come see it.... I was tempted to let them be white but I needed to make something different but .... I WAS, tempted!!!smiles
Love you !
Beautiful! Simply beautiful!!
I have never seen oreo cookies in those pretty colors!!
Truly beautiful and truly heartfelt! Thanks for sharing…I would say more but I just can't cry right now! This was so sweet and so very special!
Carolyn Bradford
Hello Anita,
Thanks for visiting! We had a fun day...church...food and shopping...some of my favorite things. We got to try out the new stroller we got for Maximus...and I'm thrilled, because we are due for some nice weather this week so him and I are going to be getting outdoors and doing some walking!
Hope your week is a good one. I was thinking about you earlier this evening - about how many children's lives you have touched as a Teacher over the years. And I wanted to wish YOU a WONDERFUL Mother's Day next Sunday, because you are an AMAZING MOM to SO many kids... :)
Much Love,
Heidi
Hi, Dear-
what a wonderful story and so fantastic photos!
We are all a little bit of our mother :-) Now I am 45 and I can see so many things in me, so I always think of my mother.
And I think of those moments, when my daughter tell me so many things, she will change, when she is an adult :-)) We will see...
I am a fan of unicorns- those white horses are them so similiar. I love them.
Enjoy your day-
Ines♥
OMG this is soooo fairy tail dreamy:)
LOVE IT....If you want some summer inspiration from H&M...check out my new post:)
LOVE M
Beautiful message in this post! I love the accompanying images too! My last day is June 13th( we have teacher work days after the students leave on the 8th). I am counting the days! Are you too?:-). Have a lovely week my friend. XX
Dear Anita, you are gifted, and your mother smiles at every accomplisment you achive. Such a hugely talented writer. Only you can pour your heart out, and transend time, and space to touch so many with your words, somehow becoming the words of others as well. Be so very proud that you are in fact,... your mothers daughter..it says so many wonderful things about her! xoxo Christel
Thank you so much for popping in on the way to school dear Anita...have a wonderful day!!! xoxo
Oh Anita, this post puts tears in my eyes. How wunderful, poetic and amazing this is. I want to share this on my facebookpage. Do you mind? This post must be shared.
Love, hugs and kisses from me, Sylvia
Anita, the link doesn't work for some reason. Something about a certification mistake.....!!! People are nog allowed to see your blog. Very strange.
Beybey, Sylvia
Oh Anita,
Oh my goodness! A dignified eulogy to your mother. I know I am in good company here, judging from the comments you have received, but I am in tears now. Such love from both sides. You truly are a wonderful person, Anita: thanks partly to your mother.
Stephanie
Is there anything more precious and lasting than a mother's love! To me, it is the greatest compliment to occasionally find my mother within me. Thank you for this beautifully portrayed poem.
Is there anything more precious and lasting than a mother's love! To me, it is the greatest compliment to occasionally find my mother within me. Thank you for this beautifully portrayed poem.
Oh, Anita, you've got me in tears. This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. Can't even begin to tell you how moved I am. You are a gifted writer and yes, your Mom is in YOU... she lives in your heart. xoxo
Dear Anita, what a beautiful children's book that would be! You made me cry! I lost my mother when I was 33 and she was my hero, my mentor, my confidante, my best friend. I learned to turn to my sisters in times of need, but my mother-in-law told me something so true - "You always need your mother." It has now been 22 years since she has moved on to a better place, but I still miss her. Have a beautiful day.
She gave you wings
and you have flown
for both of you, my
friend. I know she
would be so proud
of the beautiful woman
that you have become....
and continue to become.
Happy Monday,
xo Suzanne
Thank you so much dearest Anita...have a beautiful day..it's already Tuesday here...Dzintra xo
Gosh, my heart was beating fast with the "intense emotion" of this post.
I WISH....WISH, WISH, as a mom I could have had that "same kind of comeback".
Instead of saying...Fine, see ya (well, you know, those things moms say when kids threaten to run away)
I WISH I could have turned some magic into it. Like this post.
I am going to refer my kids to this........
I am sorry your mom did not make it to your graduation (why?)
but nonethless
her best compliment and tribute
IS YOU ARE YOUR MOTHERS DAUGHTER
so beautiful
Oh, and even that little poem at the beginning was so lovely !!!!
true love...giving without expectation of "you owe me"
It's what mom's do best.
What a poignant poem this week of Mother's Day when we are all focused on the mothers of our lives, who gave us life and wings. My heart was so touched by your words--your mother has left an invaluable impression upon you. You are shaped by her love....
Your mother would have loved this, Anita. This is one of your most beautiful posts, and makes me feel so sad for you and others who have lost their mothers. But I can see that she is very much alive in your heart, and continues to prove to you that you are very much her beloved daughter.
I promise you this post made me cry. You are so completely talented! Thanks for deep warmth of this post!
xo
Sharon
goose bumps throughout the whole read (crying happy tears) so beautiful. No matter how close or far, our mother's will always live within us. xo
Oh Anita! I had made it dry-eyed through a few weeks worth of posts, and now here I am again, all teared up! :.D What a beautiful tribute!
Keri
Hi beautiful friend.... I try to post once again but the link doesn't work so I said: look on google and find castles crowns and cottages..... You can find me on facebook under Syl Willems to look it up.
Have a lovely day, sweet Anita...
hello my wonderful anita, this is one of my fav. posts here. love it so much and the pictures are perfect: and btw: this is also my fav. header here. the colours, the pictures- everything perfect.
wish you a wonderful day my sweet friend!
kisses
maren anita
FASHION-MEETS-ART by Maren Anita
Yesssss, it's posted on my facebookpage.... I hope many people will share your beautiful touching post....
Have a lovely day, Anita, here in Amsterdam it's raining..... again.... Love, Sylvia
Oh YOU YOU YOU .....
here I am ....after reading
tears in my eyes ................
yes you are your mother's daugther
as we all are ......
There are many ways of being apart
I also was like you
wanting to be as far away as possible
and I did
I moved and had my life ....
as a teacher and than as a mother and than again as a teacher AND a mother .
The last years I started writing my mother ....dayly stories about my children
She has been ill a lot and I knew how much she liked the mailbox
and being far away I started sending her letters and postcards .
She loved it ! She kept everything and after she passed away I got all the maps with the mail I send her .
I immediately put them as far away as possible and forgot all about them.....
and than one night after being devorced and so alone and misserable thinking I was a bad mother a bad friend a bad teacher a bad sister .....
I thought about my mom how I missed her ........
and than I thought about the letters and searched for them
and started reading
Wonderful stories ....was I all that .... did I do all that ?
It was as if my mother wanted to tell me ......see for yourself !
Yesterday Elisabeth told me she had been to the grave of my mother to be with her grandmother for a while and she sat there and became calm...
It's a long drive by car but she did it !
And I became even more calm ....thinking oh my......
So...... mothers are there/here for always ! Yours and mine !
We love them !
and I thank you !
That is such a wonderful, poignant peace Anita. I feel very moved.
It's not at all the same, but I lost both my beloved grandparents not long ago and miss them so much. I shed a tear most days still and mourn for the times we shared.
Your mother was no doubt a wonderful soul like yourself. sending you much love. X x x x
You soul is pour Love, precious Anita! It radiates through your words and touches our hearts...
You Are your mother's daughter and she is proud of you.
Thank you for this beautiful, honest and profoundly touching prose.
Dear dear friend....."Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." - Mother Theresa
This was a post with an echo that will last..endless...for me..xoxo
Morning my friend...this is beautiful...I have only been away for a few days but I have missed so much. Your words are so lovely...we have a children's book {and for the life of me I can not remember it's name right now} that follows the same pattern as your post...I use to read it all the time to my girls. It was one of our favourites...it must be my San Francisco holiday brain that is keeping me from remembering the title. Oh yes our mothers are dear and special!
So today I am back at it...it will be a loooooong day I am afraid. Our trip was amazing...we even got to the Napa valley and to Carmel! My husband is a golfer so Pebble Beach was a must. We got in so late last night that I have not had a chance to even unpack...so off I go! Hugs to you dear one. I have missed you. xoxoxo
Sigh...absolutely beautiful, love. I needed this today. Seems that not only your words, but their timing is always impeccable.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Wishing you a gorgeous day.
MUAH!
Marcia
That was just so beautiful, the words and the images, all individually and together.
My daughter is just finishing up law school far away and as much I would love for her to move back here, I mostly want her to end up where her dreams are leading her.
Wonderful post.
:-)
Tight hugs...
Oh Anita....
What a beautiful and oh so touching post...that so many can relate to. Yes she is where she has always been, right there where she will always stay, in your heart and soul.
xo,
Nathalie
Hi dearest Anita!!!!!
What a beautiful post!!! The photos are magical; the castle like a fairytale!!!!
How was your weekend?
On Friday we had some storms here & lightning struck a tree right by our house!! It damaged the DVR box in our master bedroom & the remote!!! Our garage doors- opener was damaged as well. We aren't sure if the tree that was struck will die (hopefully not) but if it does- it will need to be cut down. Luckily none of our computers or plasma TV's were damaged. Last year- our neighbor's home was struck by lightning & one of our plasma TV's downstairs was damaged. We bought a new one & a surge protector!!! That surge protector saved our TV's this time!!! Our neighbor had a lot more damaged from the lightning. Their pool pump was destroyed & needed to be replaced, a desk top computer was fried, Plasma TV's, outlets, & part of their roof had damage!!! Lightning is so scary & very destructive!!!!
My husband's birthday is today!!! He just received a promotion last week. We are celebrating with friends this weekend....
Did you get any severe weather last week? I remember you mentioned that. Hope all was OK!!!
Hope you're having a fabulous day!!!
Luv & Hugs!!!! Shannon :-)
Beautiful. Your words are always so beautiful and so moving. I am actually sitting here moved to tears. Thank you so much for stirring emotions, thoughts and memories with your incredible words.
Paula x
Oh my goodness, how beautiful!!! Your mother sounds as poetic as you:).
Blessings,
Kim
Oh my goodness, how beautiful!!! Your mother sounds as poetic as you:).
Blessings,
Kim
Oh Anita, I have never read a more beautiful tribute to a mother...so loving and at the same time wistful, as if you still are that little girl... I have been away, so am a bit tardy, but how this resonates with me! My Mom is gone, but she is with me every day in her strong, unwavering spirit....much love to you this week, N.xo
Bonsoir Anita! My mom sent me over here, and I just wanted to let you know that I loved your post. It was magical, unsettling, and joyful all at the same time. I hope you a lovely week :-)
~Jess
Your words are so moving, what a tribute! You express feelings and emotion so eloquently.... we all have something of our mothers within us and wouldn't be the people we are without them.... we owe them so much. Thanks for provoking such amazing thoughts and emotions once again! Happy week! X
AWESOME POST:) I thank you again for sweet words on my blog.
If you like chocolate..check out my new post:)
have a great week.
LOVE Maria at inredningsvis
An absolutely magnificent post.
Just as we begin our lives within our Mother's womb sharing a heartbeat alas may we hold her love and memory forever in our hearts...
Susan
Thinking of you today dearest.
The week is winding up here.. I know you are looking forward to the weekend.
Sending love and blessings your way dear friend.
Penny
Hello Anita,
I hope you're having a good week! Thanks so much for your lovely comments. That little guy is trying to grab my mouse pad as I'm typing this...better go!
Much love!
Heidi
How beautiful and moving.
xx
Wow! This deeply touched my heart! I found you from Marcia's blog The Little Shop Around the Corner. Love the blog banner you hand drew for her!! Do you design blog buttons too because I need one. Lovely blog, I'm a new follower.
And the heart of love we have in our own hearts, are why we feel we have become our mother. All she taught and the way she loved, are such a shaping and forming of who you are. How happy she would be to see and hear her daughter... and maybe she is peeking down and knows!! :)
Beautiful tribute Anita.
xo
Oh such sweet words...sigh now I am weepy....I love your mother now!
I'm thinking of a story of when my Dad married my Mom in Germany after WWII, he left back for America and she was to follow 3 mo later. She never saw America but he was there and it made it worthy for her to go. Now he is in Heaven with the Lord who made away for us, and we have that HOPE and our beloved ones make it worthy to go
:-)
Sending you Hugs Love and Many Blessings, Linnie
Anita I will be thinking of your story through the week!
Dearest Anita
I knew when I found your blog about a year ago, I had found an extraordinarily enchantingly deep, thought provoking kindred spirit...YOU.
I feel the way you do about your mother, as I do about my dad...as I too lost one of my soul's most closest inspirations when he passed away, too, of cancer in 1997. And I guess you could say, I am my father's daughter (I am my mother's daughter too) but more so, my dad. He was the promoter of the creative side of me.
I hope to post a poem on my blog for mother's day soon. It fits all of us 'artistic kindred spirits' to a "T". TOTALLY!!!
hugs, love, and best wishes for sweet memories of your dearest mother.
Teresa
Hi Anita!
Sooooooo very glad I found you! Thanks for following me and for all your lovely comments on my blog and the bunnies! Yes indeed, I love bunnies. I have since I was six years old. I can't reply to your comments as you are a "no reply" blogger and there is no email, so I just wanted to hop back here to say thanks. I've added you to my blogroll so I can stay in touch better.
xx
I lost my own mother as a result to cancer Anita and that loss will be with me as long as i shall live, and with mothers day approaching that feeling of loss only magnifies that much more. Richard
Lieve vriendin .....
We are having rain and rain and rain and it's very muggy outside .
There is a storm brewing .
Perfect for some tea and chocolate
and sending you some hugs ...
Anita… Lovely, Graceful words. I too lost my mother.. in 1994. I miss her every day and will now look more inward to find her again. Many thanks, Nadia
Oh Anita
You really are your Mothers daughter,
such a gorgeous tribute to her.
Your Mother passed on the gift of grace and a magical imagination to you and so much more.
Such beautiful images as well
this just might be my favourite post of yours,
Oh and please send over some of that sunshine of yours to us
Take care of yourself
Denise
That is beautiful. Is it true?
Dearest Anita
Oh all these beautiful words, they touch my soul.
My Mama became 92 last friday and I am one of the lucky few that still has a great Mum.
Much, much love
Mapi
Dearest,
I would love to attend your Paris party! Bebe and I will be there for sure.
Thank you so much for visiting me.
Bisous!
Penny
Hi Anita,
Another beautiful post.
There is never enough time to love as long as we'd like, but we can love well. And those memories are the happiest of all.
Your mother would be so proud, and I know she will find you. She'll be the sparkling light to guide you home.
Big hugs,Dearest.
Patti
Anita thank you for your kind comment on my blog together...I really need to hear it. I've had a really hard week, the kind that I have felt like I am just going to collapse in. thank you for the love you always give. ox
Hi Anita Sweetie...
Just had to pop over this evening and see if you had posted anything new. I don't like to miss a post, and I have been out of touch with so many since I lost my dashboard. I know have you on my favorites, so I can just pop over whenever I want.
I hope you are having a wonderful evening. If you get a chance, please pop over and see what I created for my Momma for Mother's Day. It is in the mail. I hope she loves it as much as I did creating it for her.
Many hugs sweetie and so much love, Sherry
How can words, in a life lived be so lonely, sad, tearful, yet so beautiful....Anita all your beauty inside of you is because you found the best part of being your mothers daughter and that's being you. Everything that has taken part in your life is because you found you on your journey, magical in every sense of the word. Anita keep creating love and dreams, knowing your mom is so proud of her daughter (you)
Lot's of love
xoxo
You are blessed and we are blessed knowing you, and having you touch our hearts.
~Dore
What a heartbreaking post, my sweet Anita......you always find the right words, words full of love and poetry!!! Your mother will be soooo proud of you, when she´s looking from heaven!!! Thank you sooo much for sharing this with us and thank you for all your sweet comments, it´s such a great pleasure for me!!! Have a wonderful weekend,
Hugs Jade & Sheila
Such a lovely, touching tribute to your mother. How very blessed you have been. This post really tugged at the heart strings...just beautiful....
Morning my friend...we made it to Friday! Sending you oodles of love for a wonderful weekend. What kind of weekend will it be for you...creative?...restful?
Make it a good one and remember your 3pm nap! xoxoxo
Dear Anita, this is a difficult week for so many of us .....your heartfelt and insightful comments to my post are so appreciated! I adore my two sons, who are grown, my greatest gift as a mother, is to see them as happy, kind, generous human beings, living lives, I hope I have inspired in some way. All we can offer as mothers is love, patience and above all stories of our own past and family history.....so they will always feel connected and rooted to their home, I think so important....the family home and their memories of it!
N.xoxo
Thank you for stopping by, Anita. I'm glad you liked my very Italian post. :) One of my dreams is to live there one day.
I replied on my page, but since sometimes that is missed, yes, the cabana artwork is my daughter's work. She made it for me last year. She gets her inspiration from other artists at this time, but she's building her own story. :)The original artist's work is online.
I added a link to a very special video. If you have the time, pause and enjoy it full screen.
Have a beautiful weekend.
MUAH!
Marcia
Why, I declare this my favourite of all your posts Anita! I remember your doll on the chaise lounge when you talk of your Mum.
I too am my mothers daughter - and feel blessed that she is still here...but I miss my daddy every day.
Funnily enough I don't see him in me...but I do in my boys!
Hope you're back to your chipper self - and wishing you a weekend full of good company, food and laughter
fee x
Dearest Anita
How lovely it was to see your note this morning.. Thank you so much for visiting again.
Love to you
Penny
Dearest Anita, you will be hosting a link party? How fun! Can't wait to see what it is about! Oh, i'd love to have a girls about town day with you - i bet we'd have lots of fun and i'd take a picture of you in your gorgeous Audrey style outfit! A demain, bonne nuit ma chère! xox
Anita mon ami, je alway visiter votre beau coeur
xoxo
Doré
Tears. That's all I can say.
I can't believe it is already Friday, Anita! This year is already flying by. Well, I got to go to the coast last weekend so that was kind of my Mother's Day celebration as we went antiquing/flea market style in Cayucos, Morro Bay, and San Luis Obispo. It was so refreshing to be on the coast with the fresh air.
Did I tell you I adore your new banner with the 'pinks' in it???!!! The illustration of the little girl is so charming and Victorian.
Do have yourself a lovely weekend in memory of your dear, lovely mother. I know the hurts in your heart as I miss my dad greatly.
love, and hugs,
Teresa in CA
Hi Anita!
What a wonderful post about mothers and daughters.
I do adore that swan and cygnet photo ♥
I used to cuddle up with my mother that way ~ when I think of those moments, I can almost smell her Emeraude perfume.
That was such a safe and warm feeling.
I miss her dearly {she passed on to Heaven when I was only 23... she was 53.}
I am grateful to the Lord that I have a beautiful sister and so many spirit sisters such dear friends that share their hearts.
The warmth is like "coming home."
Thank you for sharing your beautiful heart,
~ Maria
hello lovely Anita
your new header is so sweet my dear, i do love all the billowing pink :)
i created a fresh new blog recently! i can't use my real name online and so am using my maternal grandmother's name 'dorothy' she was an artistic soul and it feels right for my blog and me.
do come visit, there is plenty of tea in the post and lily florence (peace lily) would love to see you!
my warmest wishes to you, may you have an enchanting weekend xxx
much love ❤
dorothy
Hi Anita!
I had to share this recipe for French Citron Pressé ...
http://cindy50.blogspot.com/2012/05/french-citron-presse-lemonade.html
ps. there is something amazingly magical about white horses. I have a photo of the white horse that lived within walking distance from my house... I would pass her by every day as I rounded the corner of my neighborhood... She exuded peace and beauty... I miss her *
Good morning my sweet friend...it is the weekend...and you had a Friday Party!!!! How amazingly lovely that all your sweet co-workers would think of you in that special way...you will be missed my friend.
Our sun is shinning brightly today...a perfect day to get out and enjoy. May your weekend be filled with many blessings and lots of JOY! Off to take a peek in your shop...it has been a while. Hugs xoxoxo
thank you for your kind words my sweet ❤
i have read and admired this post of yours many times this week and felt awe at how love filled it is. you had a wise and magical mother and i am sorry you lost her at such a tender age.
i often remember the very first time i saw your blog. your post that week showed a sweet mouse/rat theatre. i knew right away that this place here was both a home from home and a portal to a higher world, that of the soul and the imagination.
you are a very special being, a being that sparkles with love, magic, joy, creativity, panache, gentleness, strength and wisdom. i feel so blessed to have met you and to be able to call you a friend xxx a dear friend ❤
I am sure all your former students send their love to you on Mothers Day Anita. Big hug to you sweet
Lady.
Happy Mothers Day. yvonne
Dearest Anita, oh, i'm looking forward to your Paris link party! Will start looking for a good post --- and i'll ask you how to host such an event for the girls about town theme. Hope your weekend is lovely. It's quite chilly here, but i just worked in the garden and it felt GOOD! Everything is so lush and green now! xox
Hello my dear friend,
I am thinking of you and wishing you s happy day!
Happy mothers day to you for I am sure that to your pup and all of the students you have taught over 17 years at many times you have been like a mother.
Xxoo Elizabeth
So beautiful. My mom is gone too. Love your horses.
So Beautiful, poetic, and full of inspiration ~ I really enjoy your blog.
Happy Mother's Day to You,
Sincerely,
Michele
I would so love for you to follow me too, my dreamy wish.
good morning sweet friend! and thank you so much for your kind compliments xx i left a reply to your lovely words on my blog.
i am drinking tea now and this has reminded me that i want to send you some samples of our tea here. i drink black, green, herbal and fruit. i'm very fond of a strawberry tea my mother sent me at the moment and would love to share some with you.
i think i have your address but if i can't find it i will email you.
have a wonderful day, mr sun is shining here, bliss! i hope he blesses you with some of his rays too xxx
lots of love and warm hugs and also many excited kisses and tail-wags tail wags from peace girl xxx
It seemed appropriate to come back here today and I STILL feel the same emotions as I did when I read this for the first time....
You are incredibly gifted, Anita.
Much love to you today, my friend. xo
hi anita
thanks you once again for your kind words xx i have sent you an email..
let me know if you get it :)
hugs xxx
Happy sunday Anita, I wish you a restfull day.
Muchos besos
Cecilia
Hello Anita!!!
Thanks for stopping by and for the sweet comment. It sounds like you had a lovely Saturday in your garden! I have GOT to go get some flowers SOON and plant some in some pots. We have a very small deck off our townhouse, so there is not much space, but I may get a couple of hanging baskets.
I hope you have a wonderful day, my friend!!!
Much Love,
Heidi
Oh Anita, that is the most amazing post! A wonderful tribute to your mother. I love it!! I know how much you miss her, I am sendng you special hugs...
xoxo
Kerri
many thanks for your wonderful email! :) i have sent a reply.
am off now to have a long, luxurious soak in lavender bath milk, afterwhich i shall go to bed with a book. heaven!
i wish you a lovely evening
hugs xxx
What a lovely post, Anita! And what a woman she must have been to have created you! Here's to our mothers, the love they gave and the love we will hold for them forever!
Big hugs, Kirsten
Anita, this is so dear. I know your mom is looking down to you with abundant love and pride.
Oh Anita! This is a pure treasure. I know she proudly watches over you.
Enjoy!
Kelley
Oh my sweet, sweet friend..what a beautiful mother!
Such an endearing post about the true love of a mother.
Thank you Anita...xoxo
Much love,
Deborah xoxoxo
Hi Anita what lovely words & memories of your mum I am sure she is so proud of you :)
After I read your words, I went and hugged my daughter.
Dear Anita,
heart wrenching, I lost my mum too and I also found her within!
HOw exquistley you put that across. So beautiful. Life is very precious....and delicate.
Had to come back and read this again...My daughter liked it too:)
Soooo beautiful!!
I am touched Anita!.... No words! This is indeed a wonderful ,endearing post!
You are a very talented blogger! You always find the most wonderful pictures and you know to describe them with the right words! Fabulous!
xx
Greet
Your words have touched me, Anita, and I know that your mom is looking down on the beautiful woman you have become, both inside and out. I will call my mom and dad today realizing that I have been given a gift, that they are still in my life... much love to you, ma chère.
bisous,
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