I always tried to give my mother something I made. One year I was feeling particularly pressured and wrapped her sweat suits that were supposed to have been embroidered with an IOU. Turned out to be one of the best gifts ever! She and I had a lot of fun letting her choose exactly what she wanted and then she watched me as I embroidered it. Since she and I were living a thousand miles away from each other it made the memories of her visit even more precious to me. We were living in Chicago at the time and we had a blizard while she was there ... she loved it ... having lived in Florida all her life she'd never seen heavy snow much less a blizzard!
She went home to be with the Lord December 23, 2005 ... I still miss her but we had moved back home 8 months before she became ill and I was able to be there with her through 80 days of 3 surgeries, 4 ICU visits and finally her decision to go into hospice care and then see her final journey home where I'm sure she's still telling anyone who will listen how talented her daughter is. Gotta love moms, they always think we're the best no matter what!
Oh, and I almost forgot. My grandmother taught me to crochet a chain stitch when I was little but I never progressed from that until, as an adult, I found a book with left handed instructions with pictures for crocheting. That Christmas I corcheted a lap warmer for my 80 year old grandmother. When she opened her gift she said, "I knew Peggy would make me something," with a great big smile on her face. Thank the Lord I did!
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