Song of the Day 10

Song that makes me sad

Today’s prompt for Song of the Day 10 is to think of a song that makes me sad. There are a few sad songs that I was debating on but since it’s Mother’s Day I decided to change my tune. I was never an Elvis Presley fan but he recorded a song that is both happy and sad. Mama Liked the Roses was recorded on January 15, 1969.

The song starts out happy about how mama grew roses in the yard and decorated the living room. It goes on to say how much she liked the roses but most of all she cared about her family. This is just like my mom, she loved flowers and when I was growing up we had beautiful roses, peonies, iris and so many other beautiful flowers in our yard.

I remember the bouquets that she would have around the living room, just like in this song. Mom lived for her family and was the most loving and caring mom.

Oh, mama liked the roses she grew them in the yard
But Winter always came around and made the growing way too hard
Oh, mama liked the roses and when she had the time
She’d decorate the living room, for all us kids to see
When I hear the Sunday bells ringing in the morning
I remember crying when she used to sing
Oh, mama liked the roses but most of all she cared
About the way we learned to live
And if we said our prayers

But my mom passed away too early, she was only 79 years old, Alzheimer’s had robbed her life. I thought it was quite ironic that Elvis recorded this song on January 15, 1969 and my mom died January 15, 2000. In honor of my mom we made a memory garden in our backyard with some of the plants from her funeral. It was getting a bit overgrown so last year just before Mother’s Day we updated her garden.

You know I kept the family bible
With a rose that she saved inside
It was pressed between the pages
Like it had found a place to hide. Oh, mama liked the roses in such a special way
We bring them every Mother’s Day
And put them on her grave
Oh, mama liked the roses Mmmm
Mama liked the roses

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When our granddaughter Alexandra was about Lia’s age, we would take her to the nursing home to visit my mom and although mom couldn’t communicate with her voice, she could with her eyes. She would be so excited when Alex reached over to say hi to her. I’m sad that mom is no longer physically with us but I know she lives forever in our hearts and is watching down from above guiding us along life’s way. I wrote for mom last Mother’s Day with pictures of her garden. http://themarthareview.com/moms-mothers-day-poem/

This is mom’s garden last year when we updated it from 2000 and the next picture is now. It has grown so beautifully in just a year’s time. I know mom is happy looking down from above at her beautiful roses just like in the song Mama Liked the Roses.

Wishing my mom the best heavenly Mother’s Day and a Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother’s reading my blog.