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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Self Portrait Mothers Day

My excellent daughters feted me last night. The best gift I received was a comment about how the mistakes of early motherhood are forgiven as we all continue to grow and expand in wisdom, patience and love. Thank goodness for that as I was a too-young stressed out single mother who was frustrated and overwhelmed much of the time. My gift to young mothers is this: do your best, forgive your errors, make sure you hug them every day and tell them you love them a lot. You won't be perfect but you'll likely be good enough. And Happy Mother's Day.

15 comments:

Dreamcicle Journeys said...

You deserve it all!!! Happy Mother's Day.

Kelly Kilmer said...

Happy Happy Mother's Day, Judy!

aimee said...

this gave me a HUGE smile!! happy mother's day, judy.

Martha Lever said...

You are too cute! Love your hair! Happy mother's day!

DJ said...

You are waaaayyyy too wonderful to ever doubt yourself as a mother.
Hugs & Hair Smooches...

Candace said...

Sometimes "good enough" IS perfect. I hope you had a good one. Great photo!
Candace x

Jennifer White said...

How incredibly happy do you look in this picture!!

Unknown said...

happy day, Judy. when I met you at squam, that's what you talked about--your daughters. I could see your obvious adoration for them.

xx

kari atol said...

Wonderfully said Judy! Happy Mother's Day!~*

Lynn Cohen said...

Great advice to young moms Judy.
Cute photo of you.
Nice that you had time with your "excellent daughters!"
Happy Mom's Day to you from me.

alex s said...

This is beautiful...both you and the words of wisdom. Forgiving the errors in ourselves is such a battle...whether they occur as mothers or just mother you know whats... :-} I adore you, but you know that.

xx

eb said...

you are a wonderful mothering energy to many - happy happy to you sweet Judy!

xox - eb.

kecia deveney said...

glad you liked the margarita medicinal therapy! i'm joining up with the SP after seeing your pic and then going and seeing Katie's SP's (your right, they are GOOD!)

Anonymous said...

that sounds about the best mother advice I've ever heard...

deb did it said...

LOVE your SP...love the handwriting!