MOTHER PICTURE/POEM

Vintage mother pictures were popular during the early 1900's.  They were framed pictures with a short poem that were well liked as gifts to mothers on Mother's Day.  Mother's Day was nationally recognized in the United States in 1914 by President Woodrow Wilson.  Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday in May each year. 

My most admired mother is my grandmother on my mother's side of the family.  She was the mother of nine children.  They lived in the middle of Texas on a dirt farm and pretty well lived off the products of the farm.  Most of the food was produced on the farm and they bartered with the feed stores in town for things like sugar and flour.  Clothing was mostly made at home but shoes and winter coats were bought with money raised from selling milk, eggs, and other produce.  They all went to church on Sunday in a horse drawn buggy and seldom if ever missed. 

Four of the boys were in World War 11 and I remember visiting the farm in the summers and admiring the beautiful silk "Mother" pillows that the sons sent my grandmother from overseas.  They all had gold fringe around the edges and were properly displayed on her bed.  She was so proud of them.

This may have been the good old days that we talk about but life was not easy.  Many of the hardships endured by the mothers of that time would be nearly impossible for us to cope with now.  But, sometimes I wonder what it would be like if life could go back to being just a little bit more  simple.

Happy Mother's Day to All Mothers!