Monday Again....

Happy Monday girls!
Gypsy, I hope this finds you doing much better...you have certainly been in my thoughts and prayers. I need to send you a little care package complete with coconut bon bons....send me your address, please 'Mam. :)

Blondie, I hope your move has went smoothly and you are settling in to your new home. I thought of you and your new family yesterday...I know Rebecca was a beautiful bride. You will have to give us all the details of the special day when you can.

Here, things have just wound down from another very busy weekend....we catered a wedding this weekend and Sweet Annie and Nick was there, Blondie... Such a sweet couple :) Maybe one day we will get to do the same for them :)

My Jess came home for the weekend to spend Mother's Day with me...she goes back on Wednesday. It has been so good having her home for another of our " visits"...it still amazes me how much like me she is becoming. She went antiquing with some new friends Saturday and had a blast! She and her new friend were discussing her friend's wedding plans for next spring and they included antique lace and antique centerpieces for her guest tables. I love this!!! Their weekends are filled with cooking at each other's houses and sharing recipes, going to little antique stores and planning weddings. What I would give to be in my 20's again with such hope for the future and the fun of getting together with friends who share common interests....

This afternoon, she, MB and I went to have coffee, Barnes & Noble to drool over all of the new books, a walk on Fairhope pier at sunset, and ice cream on the way home. It was wonderful having both of my girls riding in the car with the windows down and the music up and laughing over silly things. I love these days....

Tomorrow, she will help me make the bon bons and such at the shop and we will have more catch-up girl talk....I am so looking forward to our time together....

I love how with each passing day, my daughters are growing, changing, and becoming their own person, but holding on to the things that I've taught them...the simple things that I always hoped they would remember as they grew older and would cherish as much as I do....like the love of reading, a sunset, or picking a bouquet of flowers in the yard....I am so happy to see the women they are becoming. I know that they will know so much more than I ever will and travel to so many more places that I could ever hope to go to...but the simple things will always be the things they cherish the most....for this I am so proud.

I hope you girls have a wonderful week and I hope to see you here soon.
Please know how much I love and miss you both.
And Gypsy....I hope you have some Gardenias on your mountain to smell this week and that your lightning bugs have made their debut ...

Drink a cup of tea for me...

Candygirl