Threads-Tapestry of Mom: Elegance

At Mom's services we had some canvas and markers for people to write descriptive words or memories of who Mom was to them. One of the words written was ELEGANCE. This photo of her living room seems to speak to that. Mom had beautiful taste.

Threads-The Tapestry of Mom: Words

Words used by friends and family to describe Mom:

Inspirational

Caring

Generous

Intelligence

Gentleness

Sweet

Elegant

Gracious Hostess

Very Classy Lady

Beautiful Lovely Friend

Loving

Strong

Resilient

Godly

Awesome Giggle

Epitome of Femininity

The story goes that the 1st grade (or so) class of my nephew's was assigned the writing of a paper about their grandmothers. About his Nana, my nephew turned in a paper with one word written in the middle:

"Perfect."

He got an A.

Threads-The Tapestry of Mom: God

I love books.
Our bookshelves speak about us.

Mom was a Christian. (Still is!)

A believer in Jesus Christ.

A believer in the God of the Bible.

Threads-The Tapestry of Mom: Flowers

Taking and posting these photos from around Mom's house has been really meaningful to me. It's so easy to overlook the everyday things we're used to seeing, and then later, when it's too late, find ourselves wishing we could have just one more look. One more look around her house. One more look at the way she expressed herself through her beautiful taste, aesthetics, art, collections, books.

Mom loved dried floral arrangements. She had some beautiful ones made by the owner of a flower shop I worked for long ago.





The grassy one in the back (below) was one she loved for many years. I always thought it looked too wild and grassy. I only started to appreciate it within the last two years. I finally said to her this past year, "I've really started to like that one." It was funny: she said she didn't like it anymore, she'd gotten tired of it. Funny - we agreed with each other, just in different decades.

Threads-The Tapestry of Mom: Pigs

Our Mom loved PIGS.
Little pigs.
Big pigs.

Peeking pigs.

Even dirty pigs.

Threads-The Tapestry of Mom: Animals

Mom loved animals. All animals.

She thought hippos were so funny.

And sheep could be co cute.

But she loved DOGS most of all.

Especially dachshunds.

As far as real life animals in her life, Mom adored dogs.

But when it came to collecting things, hands down it was....

(Check back later for the next Tapestry post.)

Threads-The Tapestry of Mom: Closet

I love this picture.

And this one.

My sister-in-law heard of a sweet idea for creating a special keepsake memory of someone you've lost: taking some of their favorite clothing and making a quilt out of it. I love this idea. There are three of us kids, so I'm thinking we can make a little wall quilt for each of us. Maybe one of us will choose to make something else. I also thought a table runner would be nice. I can see us gathered for a family dinner with Mom's memory represented in a colorful quilt running down the center of the table. A beautiful thought.