I've got a ticket to ride.....

the train to yesterday, my very own version of 'time travel'. Much of what I hold dear lies along
that winding route. I watch bits and pieces of my life slid by, watch it through windows that are dusty with time. Nothing is ever as 'blue' or as 'gold' as is seen in our memoryt. This train to yesterday is available to everyone, just have to look over your shoulder and there it is. One important thing....when you get your ticket to ride, make sure you have a round trip ticket. Yesterday is NOT a destination. It is what the railroad calls a "round-about", where the train is switched to other tracks and comes back to where you began. It's important to be clear about that. One way tickets aren't for us.
Riding today, with my ticket's destination in mind, I honor and greet my lovely Mom, her youthful image frozen in time..Summer 1948. Happy Mother's Day Mom, sending hugs, kisses and dandy-lion bouquets. The scent of lilac brings you near this Mother's Day. And I salute and honor her Mother, my Grandma Lottie, who outlived her daughter by many years. And my Great-Grand Mother Mary Elizabth, who raised her two daughters alone in the late 1800's. She saw one daughter die, and one marry and give birth to 4 children, one of whom gave birth to me and my two sisters. We span the
decades, daughters having daughters. Both of my sisters have daughters, who also have daughters.

Of course the parade of memories doesn't stop there, but I've reached the 'round-about' and am heading back to where I belong....here, now and with daughters of my own. And sons, and grandsons, lots of grandsons. And two honorary granddaughters that they allow me to "claim".
Here is the quilt my DD#1 made for me this Mother's Day. It's her second quilt. Years ago she made me a lovely fabric patchwork card for Mother's Day. This one is clever and I was ready to give her credit for having those horizontal lines all line up perfectly...LOL. Then she explained that the striped paper is the background paper, with the slits for weaving...*VBS* I love homemade cards...*VBS*

Happy Mother's Day one and all, whether you mother children, fur babies, DH's or the needy of the world. We are all givers and piecemakers, each in our own way.