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Gifts of Gardening, Giving and Grace

Gardening and Grace

By JohnnyPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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Nominate Homemaker - Domestic Love and Caregiver. A Multi Combo Package Of Love!

My Mom Is Anna, and She Has Been a Radiant Star and The Wind Beneath Our Wings Since Day 1 From Storytelling and Nurturing our Tiny Hearts, Fingers, And Toes. Up Until this Very Day and Moment She Continues to be Our Number 1 Supporter and Fan of Raising 4 Children Alone. She has done it all - From Sowing our Torn and Ripped Socks and Boxers as Kids, To Baking endless Healthy & Nutritious and Mindful Home Baked Goods, Sweets & Treats. Always Cooking Healthy and Home Cooked Meals. She is a Domestic Homemaker, a Family Matriarch, a Loving Supporter of her Family. Meanwhile additionally attending and fending for her 93 Year Old Mother. Teaching us all the Many Beneficial and Necessary Life Skills and the Art of Gardening, Seeding, Planting, Proper Washing, Manners, Respect, Appreciation, Gratitude, Peace, Listening, Patience, Kindness and Love.

Also Teaching us Skills such as Patience, Good Listening, Slow and Steady Analogy. Reminding us that Being Perfect Wasn't Important but being a Good Natured, Good Hearted and Kind Individual was of the Utmost Importance in Respect and Consideration to Family Values, Etiquette. Helping those who are less fortunate and More in Need. Giving and attending to those who aren't as lucky or as blessed as we are. Christmas was also always a time of Family Gathering, Gingerbread House Making, Christmas Carol Sing-Along, Present Wrapping and Snow Man Building - Than G Rated Snowball Fighting. Growing up as a Generation X from the 1980's we were also taught the importance of outdoor play time. Fresh Air. Exercise. Biking. Swimming. Hiking. Sports. Board Games. Everyone Sits Together at the Breakfast Table and at all Properly Assigned Meal Times. Giving Grace and Prayers on all and Any Special Family Gathering Occasions Yearly. We were Still granted to Play Video Games & Watch Movies too, but Certain Childhood Activities were Set on Time Limits and Reading Books, Doing Homework, And Learning Through Audio Tapes and Cassettes, Than Later CDs was our 80's Era Childhood Jam! Anna is definitely example of what any child would ever need or want from a Mom. Peaceful, Grounded, Harmonious, Gentle, Kind, Nurturing, Holy and An Overall Loving Woman and Individual. We can't Even Express in Words How much You Teach us and Have Taught Us in Life Mom to Always Challenge Ourselves growing and developing into the Adults We have become today! You are a Gem. The Secret Treasure at the End of Every Pot Of Gold Glittering & Glistening Rainbow after a Long Spring Rain Shower. You are the Washing Sound of the Cleansing Waves in our Hearts, Spirits and Minds. You are the Crashing of the Waves to Wake Up. Work. Fend. Fight. Earn. Respect and Roll On into the Next Level Of Living Life and Loving Yourself. You are the Sun that Shoots its Rays of Warmth and Protection - Healing and Loving Vibes Around our Spirits and Lives. You are a Wonderful Symbol and Example of Truth, Grace, Purity, Equality, Honesty, Trust, Harmony, Fairness & Feelings!! Reading us Late Night Stories and Tales of your own Personal Childhood Growing Up on The Farm Life, Sacrificing so much as the Eldest Sibling to Help your own Brothers and Sisters have a better upbringing back in Italy. Stories of the Farms, the Gorgeous Country, the Architecture, The Art, The Museums and the Fashion (Fashion Capital of the World) Milan. Reminiscing on how things were much more diverse and less fortunate for yourself growing up in a time where poverty strikes, resources were few and far inbetween. Limited. My Mom is the Bomb. She does Everything Under the Son (Sun) for Everyone - Always! Selflessly, Caring, Kind and Open Hearted. Great Listener, Thoughtful, Contemplative, Patient, Understanding and Empathetic. Soulful. A Gardener, a Cook and Chef. Matriarch and a Mother of Many Domestic Trades. Amazing Cook. Canning, Cleaning, Crafting & Creating. Pruning, Picking, Grazing & Digging in Dirt. Peaceful, Positive, a Great Parent and an Awful Overall Person who Deserves to be Picked and Pampered. We Love You to Pluto and Back and We Hope that You Really Feel the Love you Have Poured into our Tiny Tea Cup Painted Hearts!!! Happy Mothers Day Mom! And..Happy 74th Birthday on May. 17th! You Deserve the Moon, Mars, Jupiter & the Stars! God Bless ! Namaste!

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