A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. - Cardinal Meymillod
Every year I have the most wonderful problem to solve...
How do I honour my amazing mother on Mother's Day? My awesome father on Father's Day? My wonderful sibling on Siblings Day? I am fortunate to have a great family, who each day I have the chance to appreciate. For us, I think my dad, brother and I could agree, my mother is at the heart of our family.
My mother is a special woman; she is the kind of woman I aspire to be. She is loving, giving, beautiful inside and out, brave, elegant, talented, strong, smart, creative, confident and so much more. She is the pillar of the family, providing for everyone around her and rarely considering herself first. Really, words are just not enough. So, how do you tell her just how much she means to you on Mother's Day?
It is said that an image is worth a thousand words. So for one Mother's Day, I painted her a picture to represent the depth of love that sometimes remains unspoken. My mother has always liked my impressionist-style paintings with inspiration taken primarily from Claude Monet. As many mother's have deep bonds with their family members, I left the faces blank so that these figures could represent the bond of any mother to their daughter.
However, this woman is wearing a blue dress; my mother always looks beautiful in blue, matching her bright blue eyes. She wears the same blonde hairstyle as my mother, and the girl has a tiny bit of dark brown hair, just like mine, peaking under her hat. I am sitting on my mother's lap as a young girl, while she teaches me, listens to me, cries with me, laughs with me, helping me each day grow into a woman. She still is here to do this for me today, spending countless volumes of her own energy and time to raise me, and for that, I will be eternally grateful. I hope to one day be as great a mother to my kids as she is to us. Thank you mom. I love you so much.
Here's to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them. – Unknown
Photo taken by my father of my mother, brother and I in Saipan
Photo taken by a friend of my mother appreciating Peter Paul Rubens' artwork in England
Photo by my father of my mother and I enjoying each other's company in Toronto, Canada
Photo of my mother, father and I hiking the mountains together in Norway
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