This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of doing a special Mother’s Day luncheon for my mom. She lives across the United States in Illinois and I have never been able to celebrate Mother’s Day with her since I was married 22 years ago. They were only going to be here for 2 days so I had to do it then or miss my opportunity and I sure didn’t want that to happen.
I decided to use my wedding china – the only china I own. The pattern is La Rose by Mikasa.
A photo from above. I actually forgot to take a close-up of the place setting last Sunday, so I had to recreate it.
We had a delicious meal of:
turkey
mashed potatoes & gravy
green salad w/ a Raspberry Vinaigrette
lima beans w/ sauteed onions & garlic
baked yams
whole wheat rolls
and for our drink – fresh squeezed lemonade.
There was no shortage of food and appetites were hardy.
Many years ago when Zachary was just a small boy (he’s 19 now), he bought this salt & pepper shaker for me as a birthday gift. It’s very special to me and I always set it out when I use my china even though the colors aren’t a match with the china.
Serenity made these chocolate covered strawberries following this recipe.
It was so special for me to be able to do this for mom and best of all she really enjoyed it!
I read this poem to mom that day…
My Mother by Clara Simpson
found in Verses of Virtue
I love you Mother for your quiet grace,
For that dear smile upon your kindly face,
For marks of toil upon each loving hand,
That worked for me ere I could understand;
For all time’s touches on your hair and brow,
For never were you quite so dear as now:
I will be loyal, faithful, loving, true,
for, Mother dear, I owe so much to you.
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What a very special time for both you and your mom. You know, now that I think about it I haven’t spent a whole lot of Mother’s Days with my mother either. When you don’t live in the same place it is hard to share all the special occasions.
What a beautiful thing to do for your Mom. Everything looks so delicious and inviting. And what a lovely poem too. I know your Mom really appreciated everything you did.
That is such a cute salt and pepper shaker and your table looked so pretty and the food yummy! That’s a great picture of you and your mom!
I have that same china pattern and love it more every day! I’ve been married since 1992 and hope to pass the pattern on to one of my beautiful daughters (now age 17 and 12). Glad you had a lovely Mother’s Day!