{"id":13377,"date":"2012-05-13T08:57:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T15:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=13377"},"modified":"2016-05-23T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T18:36:52","slug":"happy-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/happy-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother’s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

KQED, my local public radio station, has a feature called Perspectives<\/a>. Perspectives are small audio essays by regular people on a subject. On Friday, in the half awake state before I have to jump out of bed and start my day, I heard a Perspective by PeiPei Zhou<\/a>. Ms. Zhou talked about all the sacrifices her mother made for her so she could have a better life. Immediately my mom popped into my mind.<\/p>\n

I knew we weren’t rich. I never had the trendy clothes and shoes that my classmates sported, but I never felt deprived either. I traveled, I went to college all because my mom made sacrifices. I didn’t even realize the magnitude of her sacrifices for me until I was an adult. I am not sure I can fathom them now. I only know I have what I have and have accomplished is due to my hard work, but the unfailing, unquestioning support of my mother.<\/p>\n

I probably wouldn’t be writing this blog without my mother. She sewed a lot when I was a kid — at least I remember her sewing a lot. You know how kids and time are: they think you did something all the time when you only did it once? I remember her sewing costumes for Halloween, school play costumes and doll clothes.<\/p>\n

Cara of TalknT<\/a> said it very well this morning on Twitter. She said “Happy Mother’s day to all the moms, mommys, Grandmas, mom in waitings, Stepmoms and caregivers. Blood doesn’t make a family. Love and you do.”<\/p>\n

If you like this blog, or tolerate it \ud83d\ude09 head over to Mary’s Art Musings<\/a> and say hi to my mom, Mary, and thank her for everything she has done.<\/p>\n

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My 3 Moms: Ruth (l), Edeltraut (m), Mary (r)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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