The above photo is the author’s mother and herself on Hilton Head Island.

Happy mother’s day, my dear mommy. I am eternally indebted to you. I love you so very much and am grateful for all you do for our family. We are truly blessed to have you in our lives.

In celebration of mothers everywhere … have a wonderful day!

Sonnets are full of love
Christina Rossetti (1881)
Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome Has many sonnets: so here now shall be One sonnet more, a love sonnet, from me To her whose heart is my heart’s quiet home, To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome; Whose service is my special dignity, And she my loadstar while I go and come And so because you love me, and because I love you, Mother, I have woven a wreath Of rhymes wherewith to crown your honored name: In you not fourscore years can dim the flame Of love, whose blessed glow transcends the laws Of time and change and mortal life and death.