Mom’s Angel for Spiritual Sunday
My mom passed away on January 15, 2000 just ten days before her 80th birthday. Rich and I made a memorial garden for mom, she loved flowers. Each year we would add different flowers and plants.
In 2020 we added a large Angel statue to her garden and Rich would spread all the dried rose petals around the base of the Angel.
Even though Lia never met her great, great grandmother we always talked to her about my mom. I took this picture when she was 3 years old and the Angel and Lia were about the same height.
When Lia visited this past July she was helping me work on mom’s garden and I snapped her picture again. Lia is now taller than the tall Angel, I would say she has grown!
Lately I’ve been thinking about so much about my mom, this is a picture of Lia’s mommy when she was about a year old and we would take her to visit my mom. I thought today was the perfect day to share Mom’s Memory Garden and her Angel for Spiritual Sunday.
Martha, it’s so beautiful. I’m sure you find some rest when you’re out in your memorial gardens.
Lia is getting tall!
Thanks Barbara, yes it’s so peaceful when I’m visiting mom’s garden. I have a variety of gardens, besides mom’s garden I have on for Rich, another quiet corner with just statues and Lia has a garden in the other corner. I’m looking forward to working on ideas for my butterfly gardens over the winter.
That is beautiful! your mom must be smiling at you….she probably visits her special garden every now and then..I like your concept of Spiritual Sundays. I might try thinking on the lines too….
Thanks Shweta, I’m sure mom visits often because I always see butterflies in her garden. It’s said that when butterflies appear, angels are near.
Such a beautiful way to honor your mom and her legacy. You were too young to lose your mom! Grandparents are special angels in our lives. Thanks for sharing 🙏
Thank you Lisa, Mom loved flowers so this is one way Rich and I were able to keep her memory alive with flowers.
You have a beautiful family, and Lia has turned into such a lovely young lady. Thank you for sharing the pictures and your story about your grandmother.
Thank you Alice, when I’m visiting Ma, I like helping her in the gardens.
Oh Martha, those two pictures of Lia next to the angel are wonderful! What a difference a few years make! The angel hasn’t changed, of course, but Lia has grown so much that she’s now towering over it. I love how your mom’s garden has become a place where generations are connected, even though Lia never had the chance to meet her great-great-grandmother. Such a beautiful way to keep her memory alive!
Thank you Tamara, Lia needs to slow down on growing, she’ll be taller than her mom soon. LOL Keeping memories alive bring me a sense of peace and I love that Lia is excited to work in the gardens when she visits.