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Just a small note in a world of symphonies

Mama's Hands

The older I get the more I see the beauty of Mama's hands.  Through a child's eyes, I saw them busy working:  folding laundry, making beds, scrubbing the bathroom, dusting, preparing meals, doing dishes after every meal, ironing, sewing on a button,  planting and reaping in the garden, canning, more cleaning.  I saw them sharing:offering a handshake, taking meals to others, typing a book for a friend, checking the pantry to see what we could give to those less fortunate than us, putting money in the offering plate.  I saw them making things: crafts with her friends and with the girls' group at church, painting a complete nativity set, curtains, blankets, pillows, later a wedding veil.  I saw them tender: a loving touch, a back rub, wiping tears at weddings, wiping tears watching a movie, bandaging a scrape, brushing hair, caring for my grandmother and my aunt, holding hands with my father.   I saw them chastise in love.  I saw them clapping in delight.  I saw them holding books:  studying God's word, reading to us at night.  I saw them folded in prayer.

Today I see them still doing so many things.  I see them now when I look down at my own.  When did I get Mama's hands?  How will my children remember mine?

Random Blog Winner: Two Kid Schoolhouse

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Laurie and Harvey Bluedorn of Trivium Pursuit

The Featured blogger of the week will receive the following book: Teaching the Trivium.

The Random blog winner will receive the Handy English Encoder Decoder.