Weekends
Happy Mother's Day! I hope you celebrated with your mother, grandmother, sister, and/or children. My weekend was nice. I started celebrating my motherhood on Thursday with dinner out and since then every day has had a mini celebration of sorts. Yesterday, my husband and I went shopping where I purchased a purse that I've been thinking about for two weeks. Yes. I anguish on certain things- you see, I have many purses! So of course I added to the collection. At Saturday night Mass, the Council of Catholic Women gave each woman a carnation for Mother's day. That was an unexpected delight. Flowers make the world a better place and can make just about anyone smile. Today I did the laundry as early as possible so the rest of the day was my time. I sat and read a poetry book, Blue Iris by Mary Oliver. I thoroughly enjoyed the quick read. I balled up some cotton yarn for a soon to be shawl probably for a Christmas gift. In January, we switched our