Mother's day yesterday for my family was good but bittersweet. It was the first holiday without my daddy. We all went out to eat...14 of us in all...and even though it took 2 hours for our meal to get to us(thats another story.LOL) we kept our spirits up and otherwise had a good time.

Most of us met back at mom's and visited there for a while. I went to daddy's grave to give him a note I had written him and a pic of us on my wedding day. I left them in a quart jar so they wouldn't get wet. And if anyone else in the family wants to leave him little notes or momentos they can leave them in the jar also. One of my brothers and his wife were there with me. There were tears but not as many as when it first happened.

Got back to mom's and my oldest brother saw I had been crying and was giving me a hug, I wear a bluetooth earpiece for my cell phone and it got pushed during the hug, which tells it I want to use voice command. So I took it off real quick and looked down at my phone to see if it went through. It had and the voice commands were listed on the screen so I was taking it off my hip to clear it out and as I was pushing the clear button I looked down and the screen said "dad". It was to late to stop clearing it so I lost it. I wish I could have shown my brother. I told him about it and he said maybe it was the sign he has been looking for from daddy.

Well this morning he texted me to tell me that when he was almost home last night(he lives 1 1/2 hours from mom and I live 2 hours away from her, in opposite directions) he was using the voice command to call me and see if we made it home safely and every time he said Nancy the voice asked "did you say dad?"  Nancy and dad of course don't sound anything alike. So we believe he got his sign that daddy was ok, and that he had made it to heaven. I also take it as daddy was with us on mother's day.

I hope we gave mom a good mother's day, all her kids were there and that was the first time in a long time that we were all there on mother's day. 

After we got home my ds gave me my gift, a wireless mouse for my laptop. I just love it....I really hated having to use my finger on the little pad of the laptop to move the curser around. Little things make me happy! LOL

Well back to work....last of the chickens arriving today. We are getting the smallest they have and that means about 30 thousand per house...we have 6 houses. WHEW! LOL

Have a good day!

Nancy

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Posted by Kitty

You didn't tell me about the bluetooth thing, wow. That would have freaked me out too. Have a good one.........Kitty

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Posted by gabbie427

I am sorry to hear about your bittersweet mother's day without your father. It is hard to deal with any holidays it seems without a parent. Heck easter was hard for me this year (my parents died 5 months apart in 2006 adn 2007) because mom wasn't there. We always went to her house on Easter. And Mother's Day this year was hard without her again.

I share in your grief over your father and just wanted you to know I understand and if you wanted to talk, you can message me anytime.

God's Blesssings,
Amy Jo

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