Impatiens

The sun is doing its best to come out today here in the Pacific Northwest. It has been the wettest and coldest spring on record so that is quite the pleasant surprise. Who knows we might even get warmer than 55 today.


Todays is Mother’s Day, and I truly hope that all you Mother’s out there have a blessed day and that today and every day you family celebrates you.


The last six Mother’s Days I had the opportunity to share them with my mother as she came to live in out here and I became one of her primary care givers. I remember last Mother’s Day my mother wanted to just enjoy the sun and flowers on a perfect warm spring day. I pushed her around the grounds and the surrounding neighborhood in her wheelchair to look at all of the flowers in bloom. We sat in the courtyard and we made calls to my sisters and other family members so my mom could talk to them. We sat and talked about the difference in the flowers here versus what we used to have in Michigan. It was a good day and I am happy we had it.


My mom loved Impatiens and one of the things that my sisters and I always did for my mom on Mother’s Day, was to plant them in the containers where ever she lived. I called one of my sisters yesterday to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, knowing that today would probably be too difficult and she said she was going out today and buy impatiens and plant them in the containers at her house this year. I told my husband today, that if it was warmer I would have done the same, but with the weather we are having they would probably not survive.


Maybe in a week or two I will plant some impatiens for you Mom.