Dance in the rain

My appreciation of flowers came from my mom’s passion for plants. She even named me after a flower, Dahlia. From very young, mom had her hands in our small garden. She wore those cutesy floral cotton garden gloves and enriched the soil with old coffee grounds and egg shells way before composting became popular. She

Adios…

Goodbye, farewell, literally, to God. Witnessing the circle of life. This past Friday I found out that my mom has late stage Pancreatic Cancer – OMG!! I’ve done a lot of  crying, and sighing. She is aware and says she does not want treatment. She feels  it’s useless – with late stage PC, it often

Celebrating Mom

Great giveaway with additional entries available! http://crackerbarrel.com/celebratemom/?plink=1336058480_XL6961   Saw this on FB…touching Letter from a Mother to a Daughter: “My dear girl, the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If when we talk, I repeat the same