HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I WAS BORN, AND RAISED IN A SMALL TOWN IN SOUTH GEORGIA.

I CONSIDER IT A GIFT. 

ONE OF MY GREATEST BLESSINGS.

I WOULD NOT BE THE PERSON I AM NOW,

IF IT WASN'T FOR MY SMALL TOWN UPBRINGING. 

I ALSO WOULD NOT BE WHO I AM NOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR MY MAMA. 

SHE NOURISHED MY ART TALENT, 

SHE PASSED ON TO ME A LOVE FOR JUNK, 

AND SHE RAISED ME TO BEHAVE AND ACT AS I SHOULD. 

SHE TAUGHT ME TO CHERISH MY FAMILY AND MY LORD, 

AND TO LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN FOR ME.

  SHE DEMONSTRATED FOR ME HOW TO LEAN ON YOUR FAITH, 

AND DEPEND ON GOD'S GRACE AND STRENGTH...

ESPECIALLY DURING THE LAST PART OF HER LIFE.

SHE WAS SO AFRAID OF BAD WEATHER 

THAT SHE WOULD LOAD ALL OF US UP IN THE CAR, 

AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A DARK CLOUD, 

AND HEAD TO MY GRANNY'S HOUSE. 

SHE COULD COOK ANYTHING, 

AND TO THIS DAY MOST REMEMBER 

HER CARAMEL CAKES. 

SHE LOVED OLD THINGS AND BLUEBIRDS.

SHE HAD THE FEATURES I LONG FOR...

LONG LEGS, 

ELEGANT HANDS

AND TANNED OLIVE SKIN.

SHE LOVED CHRISTMAS AND THIS WAS ONE OF HER FAVORITE DECORATIONS.

SHE LOVED TO HEAR ME SING, AND ALWAYS WANTED ME TO

"BE CAREFUL, YA HEAR!"

SHE HAD SEVERAL BOOKS GOING AT ONE TIME. 

SHE KEPT THEM IN HER CAR, HER PURSE,

AND SOMETIMES HER BACK POCKET.

EVEN AFTER A STROKE LEFT HER TO LIVE HER LIFE DIFFERENTLY,

SHE READ A BOOK A DAY SOMETIMES. 

SHE WAS MY MAMA AND I MISS HER, 

BUT I AM SO THANKFUL SHE RAISED ME IN A SMALL TOWN,

AND TAUGHT ME TO BEHAVE MYSELF AND ACT RIGHT.

I LOVE YOU BACK, MAMA!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY IN HEAVEN!

A SCENE FROM AN OLD BUILDING IN MY SMALL TOWN...THIS SIGN IS STILL THERE.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERYONE!

VICKI