sikesjj

Do you like that? Do you want it? The blue looks kinda aqua with some of your marine blue in it, so I wasn't sure. But if you like it I will run with it, or I can make you a different one with your blue and yellow.

sikesjj

Working on my first foundation paper piece tonight, and it's pretty easy. I am making a heart from three different fabrics. Each fabric represents one of the kids since they picked it out, I then am appliqueing there hand prints either above or below the heart in their material. I haven't decided yet if it's going to be a pillow or a big mug rug. It's for my mom for Mother's Day, I want her to see what she has instilled and taught me all those years ago. Today was my birthday and she didn't even call, my husband reminded me it's the disease (dementia) but it still hurts. Hope everyone has a Happy Mother's Day, and I want you to know you are all greatly appreciated and loved here in Oklahoma!

nancia

oh, jamie, dear! happy, happy birthday! dementia robs a person of their person-hood, their self is gone. all the special things that make each of us unique, gone. i asked my mother if she knew my name, and she said" no, but she thought it would be a nice one." she had no earthly idea who i was and why i was there. i'm sorry you are going thru it with your mom.it is very hard!!

DustysMomma

Happy birthday Jamie. I don't hear from my mom on my birthday either. Dusty usually doesn't either. Don't let it get you down. The people who really want to be there will be there. If your mom can't remember to be there because of her condition, she will still show you she loves you in her own ways. I'm hoping you have a relationship where if someone told her with you there that it was your birthday, she would brighten up and give you the best happy birthday ever.

nancia

yes, i do like it. fyi the window is 20 by 40. short single casement.

Elisabrat

Happy Birthday Kid! I can tell you memory loss is seriously tough. I suppose it gets easier on those who lose it but never on those who wish they still have it. From all of the mothers here on the board We wish you a marvelous birthday. Her heart still holds you somewhere deep inside. You are loved girl. ...

ok watching big daddy make gumbo for breakfast. REALLY? seems a little like overkill .. no okra for me for breakfast (or lunch or dinner).. oh heck no. I love the cooking channel it always gives me ideas to add to my own meals. but okra will not cut the mustard for my breakfast. (oh heck no!)

JuneBillie

sikesjj Happy Birthday!!! My father in law had that terrible disease, and it was hard on my dear husband. Both of our mom's have passed away with only my dear dad left. He is 80, and forgets, but not diagnosed with this. I am just glad he is still here, but if he is ever diagnosed with this I will have the good memories every time I look into his face or hold his hand. I do understand though, because before my dear mom passed away March 2012 she would ask if I still lived at so and so. I didn't know what she was talking about, and it startled me at first to hear that, but I think she had a mild stroke. I so wish I could just see her one more time. We live right next to her and dad. I hope everyone has a nice Mother's Day. I have one special grown son, so I will get to enjoy the day.

sikesjj

Thank y'all for the birthday wishes! I finished the paper pieced heart and then Jayla spilled koolaid on it. That kinda pushed me over the edge stress level wise since it was for my mom and all this BS started this time last year with her. Makes a parent pretty humble to apologize to their kid and they handle it so graciously with a hug, a kiss and a simple I love you. Glad I must be doing something right !!!

nancia

whichever way our moms are, toward the good, or toward the bad, we do try to do the best we can for our children. i made sure if my kids knew nothing else, they knew that i loved them and there was nothing i could think of they could do that would ever change that!. i remember little josh, at 2, looking me in the eye and saying.."mommy, i don't yike you right now. i still yove you, but i don't yike what you did."

DustysMomma

Dusty gave me a card he picked out himself yesterday. It's the first time he's had to take the initiative to go out on his own and think about "I should go get mother a card and gift for mother's day." He wrote in it "I know I sometimes make life hard, but you're there for me anyway no matter what. That means so much to me. Thank you. I love you." I read that and couldn't help but tear up after all we've been through with him with his grades and learning to be a responsible adult and such, not to mention all his dad caused that resulted in us being estranged for a year when he was a teenager and living with him. I just looked at him and told him "Yes, sometimes you do. I'll fight to the death for what is right for you though. Don't ever forget it." He said "I know" and I know he does. These are the moments that make all we go through with them worth it.