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Happy Friday! I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that it’s Mother’s Day this weekend. These months are slipping away and soon summer will be in full swing. As I was thinking about the day to celebrate maternal figures in our lives, I stumbled across a package that my father-in-law had sent me a few weeks ago. M’s grandmother (ergo my father-in-law’s mother) is not doing well – this saddens us greatly, but she is also over 90 years old, and has led a remarkably full life. I hope to live a life as full as hers. And time — for better or for worse — inevitably marches on.<\/p>\n

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She has a large collection of brooches and pretty compacts and the package contained many. K loves them, and particularly loved that the compacts still contained make-up (I didn’t let her use any). The sparkling gems, the fancy cases, the small puffs, the powdery scent; these little keepsakes are filled with old memories. I am so grateful we have them.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>And this delicate embroidered handkerchief is the handiwork of K’s great-great-grandmother. I find its simplicity beautiful. According to my father-in-law, it was stitched around 1900, when great-great-grandma Iuella (isn’t that a great name?) was a teenager – amazing:<\/p>\n

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K came home excited yesterday and told me that she wrote me a couple of poems for Mother’s Day, but shhhhh, they’re still a secret. Then she proceeded to recite them:<\/p>\n

Poem #1
\nI love my mother<\/em>
\nBecause I don’t have another<\/em>
\nI’m going to Peru<\/em>
\nShe’s coming too<\/em>
\nWhy did she go?<\/em>
\nBecause I’m too slow<\/em><\/p>\n

Poem #2
\nM=My mom sews me<\/em>
\n O=Outfits to wear<\/em>
\n M=Mama is beautiful<\/em><\/p>\n

I love them.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget that the giveaway<\/a> is still open until 5pm today – the comments are fabulous, and I am having such a great time reading about everyone’s dream jobs (or non-jobs in some cases)! Have a beautiful weekend, my friends! A haiku:<\/p>\n

Happy Mother’s Day<\/em>
\nTo all you awesome mamas<\/em>
\npamper yourselves, ‘kay?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Happy Friday! I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that it’s Mother’s Day this weekend. These months are slipping away and soon summer will be in full swing. As I was thinking about the day to celebrate maternal figures in our lives, I stumbled across a package that my father-in-law had sent me a few weeks ago. M’s grandmother (ergo my father-in-law’s mother) is not doing well – this saddens us greatly, but she is also over 90 years old, and has led a remarkably full life. I hope to live a life as full as hers. And time — for better or for worse — inevitably marches on. She has a large collection of brooches and pretty compacts and the package contained many. K loves them, and particularly loved that the compacts still contained make-up (I didn’t let her use any). The sparkling gems, the fancy cases, the small puffs, the powdery scent; these little keepsakes are filled with old memories. I am so grateful we have them. And this delicate embroidered handkerchief is the handiwork of K’s great-great-grandmother. I find its simplicity beautiful. According to my father-in-law, it was stitched around 1900, when great-great-grandma Iuella (isn’t that a great name?) was a teenager – amazing: ****************************************************************************** K came home excited yesterday and told me that she wrote me a couple of poems for Mother’s Day, but shhhhh, they’re still a secret. Then she proceeded to recite them: Poem #1 I love my mother Because I don’t have another I’m going to Peru She’s coming too Why did she go? Because I’m too slow Poem #2 M=My mom sews me O=Outfits to wear M=Mama is beautiful I love them. ****************************************************************************** Don’t forget that the giveaway is still open until 5pm today – the comments are fabulous, and I am having such a great time reading about everyone’s dream jobs (or non-jobs in some cases)! Have a beautiful weekend, my friends! A haiku: Happy Mother’s Day To all you awesome mamas pamper yourselves, ‘kay?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-life","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3901"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3935,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901\/revisions\/3935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}