Charming Whites

Catching Up

I am so happy to share some of the things I have wanted to share with you for some time.

I now have my dining table at the ready for afternoon tea. With my Homer Laughlin Cavalier teacups and saucers

I received some of the nicest things for Mother's Day -

My husband repaired my fountain

My family has become very attentive to the things I have come to love to treasure and to collect. My daughter gave me this beautiful bird feeder garden ornament.

It is adorable perched above my potted mint.

My other daughter found 

this charming teapot, creamer and sugar bowl 

at a garage sale and knew I'd love it.

I found this delightsome teapot shaped creamer 

at that last Estate sale where I shared with you the 

bird flower frog

and

the two rose vases.

I also found these wonderful napkins

and tea towels.

I love the simple elegance of the

patterns on these napkins and tea towels.

I also found this adorable, small

cut-glass vase. 

I adore bringing

flowers into my home and this is just

the perfect complement and size for 

simple bedside arrangements.

I appreciate your visit today. I am definitely on the mend. Life has its humors. My son called me last night, he's got a fever, chills, body aches and diarrhea. Another flu bug. He wants to come home to mom. Lord help me stay healthy this time! I mean - I can't say no.

I am sharing this post with our Delightsome Hosts:

SHOW OFF YOUR COTTAGE MONDAY

White Wednesday at Faded Charm

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

Treasures & Trinkets Thursday at My Cottage Charm

Favorite Things Friday at A Few of My Favorite Things

Feathered Nest Friday at The French Country Cottage

Vintage Friday at Common Ground

Show & Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Tales From Bloggeritaville for Thrifty Thursday

Blue Creek Home for Treasure Hunt Thursday

Open House Party for No Minimalist Here

The Thrifty Groove for Thrifty Things Friday

Finding Fabulous for Frugalicious Friday

Chic On A Shoestring Decorating for Flaunt It Friday

Lady Katherine's Tea Time Tuesday

The Plumed Pen's  Tea for Two

Rose Chintz Tea Time Tuesday 

Martha's Favorite Teacup Tuesday 

A Breath of Fresh Air's

and Silken Purse's

Teapot and Tea Things

One More Thing!

Less than a week until the drawing for the winner to my 

Cottage Charm Giveaway!

Have you entered?

I have joined 

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blogwide-annual

Cottage Charm Giveaway.

There are over 40 participants.

You can enter any or all and you

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Wishing you a very healthy, Delightsome week

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Happy Mother's Day

To My Mom

I think about you so very often. You've meant so much to me as a child, and more so now as a woman, wife and mother.

Your example has meant the world to me.

I appreciate more and more the wonderful mother you were to all five of us your children.

I am the eldest of Patricia's children. The little boy in front of me is
my brother Tim, whose birthday is today too - He was killed
January 2010 - two more sweet reasons Jesus and Heaven are so much
more special to me.

God surely blessed us with you.

I miss you, Mom.

Until I see you again in Heaven.

I'll always love you.

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In Praise of Mom

One of my goals—during my first year of blogging—is to introduce you to those whom I hold most dear to my heart. 

Thus far, you have been given a brief introduction to my incredibly talented Yankee husband, several glimpses of my precious granddaughter, Lana, and an in-depth intro to my lovely daughter, Asheley.

Since this is the time of year when everyone in the blogosphere seems to show off their moms, I thought I would join in on the celebration. 

And yes, I am aware that Mother's Day was yesterday.  But my mom's birthday is today, May 10th, so I decided to postpone my tribute by a day and combine the post for Mother's Day and Mom's birthday.

I am the eldest of five children—all girls. 

When my mom got pregnant with me, she was in Germany—thousands of miles from home and family,

for the very first time in her life.

I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for her to be in a foreign country, where she could not speak the language, where she knew few people, other than my dad—who was often gone on military maneuvers—and where she had to experience all the ups and downs of pregnancy without support from loved ones.

Yet, she made the best of her circumstances for my sake, as well as my dad's.

Throughout the years, as I have spent countless hours pouring over family photos and videos, I have gazed into the same sweet, loving face of a woman totally devoted to her husband and children.

I have learned so much from my mom about what it means to be self-sacrificing, totally giving of oneself to meet the needs of others—especially loved ones.

She has the most caring nature and generous spirit of anyone I have every known. 

And, the love she has for her family has been a beacon of light that has been a constant throughout the good times and the bad.

Though each of her children—myself included—have given her much cause for work and worry in raising us, she has always fulfilled her role of mother with patience, kindness, and an understanding heart. 

She has been the most wonderful role model of a loving, devoted wife and mother that I have ever witnessed. 

And her example has molded and shaped who I am as a wife and mother more than she will ever know.

My prayer for you Mom, this Mother's Day and birthday, is for...

health, happiness, and a long, long life...

and to be blessed beyond measure, as you have blessed me.

I LOVE YOU MOM, WITH ALL MY HEART!!!

"Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:  'Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.'"  Proverbs 31:28,29

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