As Fernando, Delores and I head out for a special “Muffins with Mom” tea and storytime at a local preschool today, I find myself feeling a little sentimental about my own mom, whose birthday would have been tomorrow. She was an artist and an inspiration to me in all things, including how to live a good life despite difficult circumstances.
She never got to see DIVA DELORES AND THE OPERA HOUSE MOUSE in final book form, but she did encourage me to keep working on it during the early drafting stage and I know she’s up there cheering me on.
And today, in a way, I, too, will be bringing my mom to “Muffins with Mom” for I will be wearing the special pin my sister and dad had made featuring her signature bird. 
❤️
Happy Mother’s Day (almost) to all! And don’t forget to give your mom a hug, if she’s still around, and tell her how much you love her!
A good mother (and father) are with us forever. ❤
Happy Mother's Day to you, too, Laura!
Beautifully said. Thank you.
Your dearest mom and my dearest friend is much in my thoughts and prayers this week! During her birthday week every year we always made a little drive to Jim Hamm park to see the elusive yellow headed blackbirds. So yesterday I went in her honor and saw more than a dozen! She would have loved it as usual. One year she even took your dad to see them.
What a beautiful memory! I’ll have to come for visit and you can show me sometime! Wouldn’t that be special!
I’ll bet your mom is smiling down on you and Delores. I like to think that whenever the trees sing, it’s our loved ones telling us they are with us to celebrate our lives.
Ah, thanks, Darlene. I will think of that every time I hear the trees sing from now on. Blessings to you!
Lovely post. My mom passed a few months back and was definitely on my mind. Mother’s Day really is a dynamic inter generational experience, at least in the heart if not in person. Happy belated Mother’s Day 💐
I’m sorry to hear about your mom, Margaret. They will always be our hearts, that is for sure.