It is now May

May - a month I love because of all the new life around me.
The return of the songbirds,
the whirr of lawn mowers means the grass is growing,
 the smell of an evening rain shower,
the wonder of dropping seed into the moist black earth & a few days to a week later, green shoots are stretching tender leaves to the sun's warmth,
the meadowlark's trill,
the mourning dove's haunting coo.

All these things are May. A month I love.
Mother's Day - to celebrate my 3 fine sons who call me mom. The women they married whom I deeply love. My 8 grandchildren who call me Nanny.

This year it will be different. One phone call will not come. I remember Mother's Day May 2013 when Barry called me later in the evening. I now smile at the thought of that phone call. And shed a tear.

One son I will not be able to hug. I hugged him last August 8, 2013.

I will love & celebrate all my family members.

May 14, 1971, I gave birth to my second son. I remember how thrilled I was to have 2 sons.
Barry Marlin.
He was a calm baby, an exploring toddler, a happy child & a fun teenager., a hard working man.

He loved a good joke & loved playing practical jokes.

Some of the fun-loving personality had dimmed slightly for a few years due to him working hard to earn a living & provide for his family.

 In March 2013, after much hard work, he received his engineer licensee pin & stamp.  The spark was back in his eye.
The easy going laughter.
Life was good & he had worked hard to achieve a goal.

The goal was in a different direction. Now Barry is in Heaven, planning & drafting mansions for his Heavenly Father. And Zach is working right along side of his dad, a dream of his, fulfilled in a heavenly way.

And how blessed I am, first to be Barry's mom & then Zach's "Nanny". And now to keep on loving & praying for my family - my kids, my grandkids.

And how blessed we are that my husband is still with us, was spared in the accident, the reason we may never know and I will celebrate him too.