a peaceful mother's day morning

Are you ready for a week's worth of posts on moms & mother's day? I think I have about that much to share - we'll see. This will only reinforce Brad's notion that it's all about the moms, and that dads are just neglected souls. After all, he says, if you look at the volume of long distance calls made on mother's day, it can't even compare to the calls on father's day. I tried to explain why this is so, but I don't think he felt any better about it. So sorry, Brad, but it is all about the moms, especially this week.

On mother's day morning, we took the 40-mile drive across town to see my grandmas. After we were done, I thanked Brad for taking me to see them. First we saw Grandma Virginia Zobrist. She loves to see the kids and told Madi how pretty she was getting. Grandma also really enjoyed seeing Ben. Regrettably, this is only the 2nd time that she has seen him. Grandma's hearing is getting so bad that she can hardly hear what we say, but every time I see her, she is up and dressed with make up on, ready for her day.


After our visit with Grandma Z, we went to the nearby small cemetery where my Grandma Katherine is buried. She died one year ago, this past January. I have missed her and wish that she could have met Ben. However, her last year of life was so difficult, and it was truly a blessing when she was finally able to go. She lingered for so long . . . Grandma was alive for much of my pregnancy & always wanted to know what I was going to name my baby. She was concerned that we hadn't come up with a name.

As we entered the cemetery, all the moms were given a carnation, which I thought was a very thoughtful gesture. The maternal grandparents of both Brad & I will all be buried in this peaceful, little cemetery one day. On this day, we visited grandma K's grave & then my mom's dad, Bob Knotts' grave & granddad Cornell Stewart's grave. It was a beautiful & peaceful morning, and though it was an effort to get everyone dressed and out there before church, it was worth it to me.

Grandma K's grave site - my first visit since her funeral - it brought back memories of that day.

Grandpa Bob Knotts' grave site (I never knew him as he died when my mom was just 12)

Granddad Cornell Stewart's grave site. Brad talked about being a pallbearer on the day he was buried. The anniversary of his death was the day after this visit.