Some new Dolls and Summer Plans

May

As the summer months near and people are looking forward to getting outside, down here in the bayou I am preparing to hole up for the next three months in my cool, air conditioned home.  Perhaps its the combination of the stifling heat and effects of mid-life that makes it nearly unbearable to step outside.  It seems to get worse each year, to the point some days I believe I just may die from sweating too much.  I try to take it in stride, as I know many up north have been holed up for months themselves, hunkering down in the winter snow.  With the good comes the bad in most everything I suppose. 

I do look forward to spending time with NoraLeigh.  She plans to learn how to cook this summer.  She has really taking a liking to the culinary arts, which I also enjoy..so that should be fun and yummy.  My sister has just moved to a kind of commune in Mississippi, near by.  She has a lovely pond, peace and serenity on a secluded 20 acre plot.  Obviously we plan to spend a lot of time out there. 

With summer vacations and the busy-ness of being mommy dolly creations, as usual slows down.  I'll be creating and sharing whenever I can find the time, but no doubt it will not be as often as usual. 

So with that, I'd like to share some new pieces I've been working on.



Daphne and Deliah

The Gift of Motherhood

Clara and Baby Lanie

Boys and men are a rarity in my family.  The last three generations my family has been made up of primarily women so when I think of Mothers day I think of the mother daughter relationship.

I created Clara and baby Lanie with Mothers day and all that being a daughter and a mother means to me.  Motherhood is truly a gift.  Without it one can neverly fully  understand, appreciate or properly forgive her own mother.

I frequently have light bulb moments in motherhood as I'm screaming at my daughter or exasperated with her  mood swings, remembering my own mothers frustration and misunderstanding of me when I was a daughter at a similar age and she was a mother. 

With motherhood comes the most extreme emotions of love, fear, joy, anxiety, resentment, pride,  guilt, regret..the list goes on.  With motherhood comes every emotion that makes us human.  It truly is a gift.

My daughter NoraLeigh recently said to me, "mom, I'm afraid to have a child.  Afraid I won't raise her right"  my response to her was, "all you can do darling is do the best you can and love them as much as you can, and you'll be a wonderful mother".   The rest just plays out and that is what makes us not perfect but beautiful mothers.

Happy Mothers Day to all those perhaps not perfect by beautiful mothers out there!!

Caleb

Caleb

What?  Everyone has an accident from time to time.