This online jigsaw puzzle contains a variety of gardening supplies. The perfectly clean trowel and rake in indicate the start of a new season for this gardener.
Good Tuesday morning everyone. Such a beautiful day just a little chilly here in SW Va. I made it through my first Mother's Day alone. Received a lot of text messages but still by myself. It was hard without my husband being here. Still, a lot of firsts to get through. Father's day and then our anniversary next month. It is going to be rough but I will be okay. Have a blessed day my sweet friends.
Good Tuesday morning to you Mamag. I know Mother's Day was a hard one for you and the others you mentioned that were coming up will be also. You are a very strong person and I know this from reading your posts, so even though this is the hardest thing you will do I know you can get through this. I know it is soon but have you given any thought to going back to school? It may help fill your time and you put so much hard work and love into it, I hate to think of you losing that. We are always here for you, don't forget that. Hope you have a good day my friend and as always be safe.
elijah13
May 15, 2019
A quote for you---"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life--that word is LOVE! " Sophocles
darambo
May 15, 2019
Elijah that was a great quote this morning....thanks. Be safe.
pixipixil
May 15, 2019
Mamag--I dread outliving my husband. Maybe he'll outlive me. Prayers for you.
ctjan
May 15, 2019
Went through all my firsts this year and just started my seconds. Try to keep busy. Keep your mind occupied as much as possible with good thoughts and friends.
aknan
May 15, 2019
Mamag, every "first" you get through makes the next one easier to bear and one day, you'll find joy in them again. My heart is with you. Hugs.
rahrah1820
May 15, 2019
Mamag, I haven't been on this site much for quite a while, so this is the first I've heard of your beloved's passing. I am so sorry for your pain. You are and will be in my prayers. My daughter's FIL passed away at the beginning of the year, so her Mother in Law is going through the same "firsts" as you are. They were married over 50 years (maybe 60? ). It's just so hard to get through those first and second years.
mamag15
May 15, 2019
Thank you pixi and aknan. first my son and now this. What is next!! I just pray that I can get some peace.
pixipixil
May 20, 2019
Prayers for you today, mamag. For God to grant you the peace of heart you need.
dbnc2
May 20, 2019
Mamag15
i think the hardest thing for me was giving his clothes away 29 years ago
we were married 43 years
its hard to believe but it does get easier
you never forget
mamag15
May 29, 2019
Dbnc2, I am going through my husband's clothes now to sell at a yard sale. Whatever does not sell I am going to donate them to a place where I know they are needed. I miss him so much and the pain is still so raw it hurts. I cannot imagine the pain you must feel after 29 years. I know it will get easier. It did with my son but this is so different. I will never foget either one of them
aknan
May 29, 2019
Hold them close to your heart, mamag, just as they are held close in God's heart. His peace will enter you.
mamag15
May 30, 2019
I am aknan. Every night I pray for strength to get me through another day.
I wish I was a gardener. My husband's late wife wrote 6 books on gardening and she was known as the "Garden Diva". I thought that first year we were married I would make the garden at the back of the house beautiful. Uh-huh.....nothing I planted grew, absolutely nothing. Then I realized that I am great with containers so that is what we will do this year. Last year I did nothing....one extreme to the other!!
The Veronica Roth quote is something I say quite often, though not an exact quote. Things have gotten so ridiculously bad I have to either laugh or cry and I choose to laugh!
i think the hardest thing for me was giving his clothes away 29 years ago
we were married 43 years
its hard to believe but it does get easier
you never forget
"Done is bettr than perfection'. Sheryl Sandberg
"Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now."
– Veronica Roth
"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor."
– Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Good night and God bless. Hugs.