Yesterday was Mother's Day. I saw, or heard from, all of my kids. And as always, I marveled that I am so lucky to have these four amazing people in my life! Oh, it's not that they don't drive me a bit crazy on occasion, but they are some of my very favorite people on earth (along with my husband). Being a mother has been one of my most treasured jobs.
Yesterday I wrote a blog for Mother's Day about
my grandmother and a very special teapot. She was a strong woman, a 'feisty' woman who loved so fiercely. Add to that my own mother and my mother-in-law, two women who taught me so much...well, I think that's why the idea of family is the the focus of so many of my stories. It's because I've been blessed to be surrounded by a family I not only adore, but truly like!
This month, the second book in my A Valley Ridge Wedding trilogy,
April Showers, was released. The first book,
You Are Invited..., dealt with a woman who inherits three children. This second book in addition to the romance between Lily and Sebastian focuses on a May-December friendship between Lily, and the hero's grandfather, Hank.
There's something special about May-December friendships. The generations who came before us offer so much wisdom, so many insights. I've been lucky to have people like Hank in my life!
Yesterday was a day for family. It was great to have my children celebrate Mother's Day with me yesterday. It was nice to be able to honor a women who helped shape me in my blog, and to go visit my mom. I also took time to remember all the people who helped shape the woman I've become. My grandmother's best friend, Jean, who's read all my books and supported me in so many ways. Marge, an older friend who helped me shape Lily and Hank's May/December friendship. And Papa John, a man who wasn't related to me, but was my grandfather in every way that counts.
Do you have older people in your life, related or not, who helped shape the person you've become?
Holly
Yesterday I wrote a blog for Mother's Day about my grandmother and a very special teapot. She was a strong woman, a 'feisty' woman who loved so fiercely. Add to that my own mother and my mother-in-law, two women who taught me so much...well, I think that's why the idea of family is the the focus of so many of my stories. It's because I've been blessed to be surrounded by a family I not only adore, but truly like!
