Charlie is thrilled with the rain.
Charlie loves to play in the rain.
Charlie loves to dance in the rain!
Charlie watches as mom makes the seed cakes for the birds
Mother’s Day Chocolate Coconut Cake
Lincoln Nebraska Bakery | S’more Cake | Thoughts from a Mother
“Thoughts from a Mother” came after I spent a wonderful day with three young mothers at my home. Shannon with her daughter Simone, Athena with two of her children and step son, and Alexa, who is “heavy with child” with a baby boy Metcalf due in July, and her daughter, Charlie; all of us chasing, scolding, laughing, feeding, hugging, making bird cookies, with the usual lively chaos and sharing stories. The following is my story.
“As the elder (gasp) mother, I’m at my usual position at the stove as my mom “in spirit” supervises her Luxembourg crepes; the waffle iron is going, strawberries, blueberries, whipped cream, chocolate sauce and a coconut chocolate cake with coconut ice cream are all in place. Then it rains…. and we scramble to move our party into the house. Growing up on a farm in Nebraska, I take any weather changes in stride.
Then, Charlie, who is two years old, wants to play in the rain, “Grandma, can I go outside for three minutes?” I look at her mom and get the “okay” nod. I told her to wait while I get my camera. I told my daughter, I have never seen a child so excited about being in the rain. She told me that she and her sister Candra used to love doing this. I, however, don’t remember this. I must have been busy surviving at the time. But through my daughter’s memories of her play, enacted by her daughter, I’m learning about those events and experiencing what I missed when she was young.
The house is quiet now and I reflect on my day. I feel the usual gloom that I experience when my children leave the house and consider the usual question, would I do anything different with my children?
No, because they would be different people and I love them for who they are today.
This is a gift to me on this Mother’s Day.”
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