Celebrating Mother's Day At The Beach 2012

This year we celebrated Mother's Day down at the beach with our good friends Paula and Blaine Young! We usually only see each other once a year for several weeks!  Paula and Blaine vacation in the condo beside ours each year during the month of May.  We started off our weekend by cooking and eating Texas-style New York Strip Steaks!  They were huge! On Sunday, Mother's Day, I cooked brunch for everyone but especially for Paula!  As usual, Don helped with the cooking quite a bit!  We enjoyed Paula Dean's French Toast, Garlic Cheese Grits, Sausage, Fresh Fruit, Bloody Marys and Mimosas.   Do I need to say more?  We also had our fair share of butter but it was yummy!

Our Mother's Day Feast At The Beach

Paula & Blaine (Shown With Wendy) Another Story Coming Later! 

Paula and I got the chance to sneak away to the beach together to sit and enjoy our Mimosas while Blaine and Don watched Eden!  I think this is a new tradition like the Kentucky Derby!  We talked about being Mothers and Grandmothers and about our own dear Mothers.  This Mother's Day I am proud and thankful to be Eden's Mama at the same time I also missed my Mama!

Your mother is always with you...

She's the whisper of the leaves
as you walk down the street.

She's the smell of bleach in
your freshly laundered socks.

She's the cool hand on your
brow when you're not well.

Your mother lives inside
your laughter. She's crystallized
in every tear drop...

She's the place you came from,
your first home.. She's the map you
follow with every step that you take.

She's your first love and your first heart
break....and nothing on earth can separate you.

Not time, Not space...
Not even death....
will ever separate you
from your mother....

You carry her inside of you....

Mama