25 Things

Found this over at Karen's. Kind of a feel-good post for the first post of the new year.

The 25 things I never get tired of (in no real particular order):

1. Watching my son sleep
2. Great music
3. Long hot bubble baths
4. Good wine
5. Good friends
6. Laughing
7. Spending time with my family
8. Finishing a project
9. Having a massage
10. Room service
11. Fresh sheets and a comfortable bed
12. An unspoiled mountain lake
13. Fresh air and sunshine (is that two??)
14. Listening to a cat purring
15. A clear night sky in the mountains
16. My dog greeting me when I come home
17. Hearing people laugh
18. Finishing a good book
19. Giving a gift to someone I love
20. Playing in the ocean
21. Watching a good movie
22. Hugs
23. Going to a craft or fabric shop (I feel close to my mother there)
24. A truly good cup of coffee
25. Holding my son in my arms

Love Thursday...on Friday

I missed Love Thursday by a day, but I just read this story and am blown away. Now THAT is love.

Love Thursday - my Gemma

So, it's Love Thursday again. I'm gonna have to go back to the vault once more (gotta get my camera fixed, DAMN!) and put up one for my sweet little kitty.

My little Gemma died last year at about 17 years old. She was such a sweet cat. She loved to be held and would start purring when you just touched her.

I miss my kitty.

Love Thursday

I would like to join in with Love Thursday. I want to go back and visit something that speaks of love for me.

My mother was a very 'crafty' person. She could take a cardboard box and some string and make something fun and beautiful from it. I have a little of her talent can follow directions (I have to have a pattern or some guidance a kit). It was amazing that she could 'see' in her mind what she wanted and then she just mashed it together out of nothing and created something. We used to go to fabric and craft shops together almost every Saturday. That is one of the most vivid memories I have of my mother - wandering through the craft shops looking for the perfect piece of fabric or best ribbon or flower.

So I dedicate this Love Thursday to my mother. I can still feel her beside me whenever I go to get some embroidery floss or a skein of yarn. It makes trips to Joann's or Michael's almost a pilgrimmage.

That's why, for me, craft stores say love. A mother's love for her children for all the clothes she lovingly made for us. A mother's love for her friends for all of the corsages and centerpieces she created. A mother's love for her daughter who she instilled with a desire to create things with her hands.

I miss you, Mom.