(Post) Mother's Day Post

To honor Mother’s Day’s in past year’s I’ve covered a lot of different territory* from:

5 (Cat) Mother Archetypes – which one are you?
Writing about my Mom (complete with old school pics!) and how she always recounts my birth on Mother’s Day since I DID make her a Mom being the first-born and all (hey, I’ll need to discuss why we missed that important story this year!)
To what one of my furkids (Petie!) has given/taught me
Stories of furry cat mo ms (both dog and cat!)
And my “holy sh@&!” moment when I realized my cats are my responsibility – I’m a Mom!

Today I figured I’d just share what I did with my Mama this year. I’m so grateful to still have her in my life given she’s been through quite a few major health challenges the past few years.

Movie star looks or what?! She was in her mid 20s here and told us this when when the parents first met.

As always, my card to her read that she’s not allowed to die. Nice huh? I mean, it was just a “P.S.”. As someone who has always been terrified of death and mortality in general it’s not an option, no where in my realm of possibilities. It just isn’t (clearly we haven’t gotten to this in my therapy yet).

I love these photos. Obviously this was when I was still an only child (which was up to age 5)

This year we went to STORM KING ART CENTER in New York State, about 45 minutes away from NYC. It’s essentially an outdoor sculpture garden. She’s such a good mommy, though she’s been before, she remembered I hadn’t and wanted to. It was such a nice day seemed perfect for an outdoor activity.

Look ma! No cat hair!

Here are a few of the photos from our outing so you can take a virtual trip! Me in all black of course (I haven’t shaved yet from the winter – TMI! – let alone unpacked my Summer clothes!).

The entire area is 500 acres!

You could certainly take several trips there or spend an entire day. We stuck to the main path but there are many walking trails as well.

While some pieces are permanent there are also rotating pieces and special exhibits.

On the left, a wall created by stone workers (masons?) from Ireland. On the right, a piece by Lichtenstein - one of the newer additions to the collection.

left: stone wall created by workers (masons?) from Ireland. right, boat by Lichtenstein, a newer acquisition.

As for my “kids,” the sitter said their lack of thumbs got in the way of wrapping gifts for me – excuses excuses! I would have taken them unwrapped! 🙂

Though Petie had in fact gone through my “to do” list and added a few choice items like “more naps,” “kibble,” and “send siblings on trip.” Oh Petie Bear! LOL!

And Kip, apparently having spent too much of my time away watching kitten videos wanted to know where “kittens come from?” and announced he wanted one (ha! sounds like me asking for a sister or a dog when I was 4 years of age!).