Mae Jardine's Blog (3)

Last year I placed this tribute to Mothers in The Common Area. This year I’ve decided to turn it into a blog since I continue to meet Mothers of Heart.  "Happy Mothers Day to All Women That Nurture"

On this Mother’s Day, please join me in acknowledging the Mothers that may be overlooked in this celebration. We have Mothers among us that have given birth to stillborn children or were not able to carry their child or children to full term resulting in death. We…

I went for a mid-morning walk today just as I’ve been doing for several weeks. It had been a windy rainy night so my favorite tree lined walking path looked like a newly developed obstacle course. As I walked along, I began moving the fallen branches so as to clear the path for the next walker or young biker pedaling through. Knowing our local Michigan day was filed with 25 mph winds it was a little challenging and it started feeling like a resented chore. However, the Grandma in me kept…

I am grateful I grew up with a large extended family and parents that survived the Great Depression but some times I take “Waste Not-Want Not” to the extreme. I worked hard to get over cleaning my plate because of the starving children across the seas. That made no sense to me anyway. I knew that food left on my plate would turn to garbage before it got across the seas. That…