I planted my tomatoes and herbs this morning. I love my garden. I got my green thumb from my mom. She got it from her mom. We all especially love to plant tomatoes. My aunt, my mom's oldest sister, passed away on Monday and we went to her funeral today. Almost all of her children commented on their mother's love of gardening and growing things and how she enjoyed watching birds feed at the many bird feeders around her house. All of my mom's sisters are like this and now I see myself and my sisters with houses full of plants and bird feeders and flowers. It makes me proud that I am like my mom and my aunts and my grandma in this way. I like the fact that we can all sit around and talk about gardening and the little birdies that visit our feeders. I remember watching out my grandma's window at the birds and her telling me which birds were mean and which were funny and which ate the most. My aunts all do the same. I see my mom pointing out the birdies to my kids when we visit her house, and it makes me happy.
I think this summer as my tomatoes grow (hopefully 7 feet tall like last year) I will think of my aunt Kay.
2 comments:
sorry for your loss as well. i know how you feel. for funerals, and for mothers. i am so my mother. and many people tell me that. but i'm proud of my mom. what greater person could you turn out to be.
How cute! I planted my tomatoes this year - maybe I should get a bird feeder too! It sounds fun. I like hummingbirds!!
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