Love Notes

Sometimes I don't know what to write here.  Sometimes it seems there is too much to encapsulate into this little space, and I, the eternal optimist, am poorly equipped to feign with my usual, "Isn't this lovely" epistle.   Mother's Day is such a time.   I am overly lucky, having been dealt the world's nicest mother.   But for some, the holiday can be packed with a kaleidoscope of emotions.   I'm thinking today about the young women in the throes of IVF treatment and their sisters in the universe who have lost a child.  We are ALL with YOU and those pretty tulips above are for you.   Then there are our friends whose mothers were, well, just not that great.   You didn't deserve that hand.  READ MORE

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Hope your little lambs spoiled you.  I am also one to heartily embrace the DIY option.   We've got some colorfully enticing enhancements to your Mother's Day celebration below.  Don't be sheepish.  We also have some restocks of a few of my favorite necklaces on the website.  A few years ago, in celebration of Mother's Day, I "gifted" myself two David Austin rose bushes, ostensibly from my two sons.   They're blooming now, and their provenance always brings me an extra smile.    My boys have no idea what a great present that was.   READ MORE

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Cheers to all the mothers, daughters and grandmothers out there this week.   And a special hug to those who feel a loss on mother's day.   Today we're looking at all things pink and blue.  Here's a lovely note on which to start your day ...

"Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth.   
For what they believe is what they will become." 
Brooke Hampton

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It was a banner week for me - I made a quick 48 hour trip to NYC - my first visit in over 26 months  (yes, I AM counting - especially as my oldest son has been living there for the past two years).    It was just fabulous  - GO!

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When my sweet mother passed away a few years ago, a dear friend gave me a miniature lilac bush.  It blooms just around mother's day every year, and my heart fills with thankfulness for my mother, and for my friend Cheryl, and for all the friends and mothers I have been inspired by, and for my own two boys, now 23 and 26.

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