A spur of the moment Birthday Celebration brought joy to my heart this evening…
My niece called and says, “We are going over to the cemetery to celebrate Mom’s birthday… 
do you want to go?”…
I immediately said, “Yes!”… I’ll meet you there”…
I quickly called my sister to ask if she was able to go…
Her husband is quite ill… so it’s hard for her to make sudden decisions…
He was having a good day… and she met me at my house in minutes…
I got together some silk flowers I had recently bought… and threw in a couple of chairs…
Now, you would have to know that our sister that passed 5 years ago would just love this!… This was to be her celebration… she would have been 80 years old…
Her two daughters, a granddaughter and her two little ones, her son-in-law, a girlfriend of her daughter’s son, one of my sons, my sister and myself…
Not bad for a short notice party …
We met at the cemetery where the pink dogwoods were blooming, the geese 
were everywhere, the air was just a little cool and the sun was shining bright…
My niece had brought cupcakes that she knew her Mom would have loved… The sweeter the better… shades of pale green, pink and yellow… 
We placed the flowers I had brought along with my nieces… in the holder on the wall… commenting how we think alike in the colors chosen…
Reading the dates on her marker seemed a little eery… Could it have been 5 years already?…
We sat and talked… a few tears fell… but, mostly laughter… hugs and kisses…
We wandered around the beautiful landscaped lawns…
noticing the beautiful flowered trees… 
My sister in blue… and two nieces…
JoNell’s Great Grandchildren…
Two loving little boys…
My heart broke as the oldest one went over to the plaque/flowers and kissed it…
not realizing we were watching… Pure love…
My oldest son and nephew…
I took a few photos… and felt the love that was emanating from my sister’s family that loved her so much…
She seemed to be there listening to the memories and enjoying the small talk… We recalling her wonderful laugh… and quick wit to always have a joke or tale to tell…
With the sun going down… 
we said our good bye’s and felt a peace… Love had been shown today… and it was good!
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… that I had not received one 
all day last Sunday…
… where I would not go the day without a 
that!…
…
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… or soft drinks 
…
with coffee or drinks in it…
to serve when people dropped in…
… always had a sink full of cups/glasses…
every minute of it!…
… and then sometimes whoever was visiting went back to Mom’s room 
where she could hear better… Her hearing was getting bad… and too much racket and talking was just garbled noise 
… as she called it…
after she fell and broke her hip… I didn’t realize how our visitors dwindled… I was at the nursing home every other night after working every day…
to see Mom…
… No Mom to visit and take care of… Not having to be at the nursing home 
every other night and days when I was off from work…
again…
… but, all things pass…
… talk to me… make me laugh… and share everyday happenings with me..
… and I try to have them overnight a couple of times a month… What with school and after school activities… that’s not so easy…
… Because that’s how it felt… A complete change in how I did things… how I thought about things… and how I felt about things…
… preparing goodies just for the three of us 
… loving my home more 
…
and dial my number and say hi!… how are ya doing?… I know they sincerely want to hear…
… Nice yard to sit in… I would fix a drink or snack 
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