A Legacy of Mothers

Yesterday as I was doing nothing special, pondered about the women whose shoes I now fill and how they shaped my life...Quilters?  I've got some including Josie (gr-grandmother) ...

and there's Mary (gr-grandmother)....

I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast channeling my legacy baker, Mabel, a grandmother who was the pastry cook at a small hospital....

my education legacy, grandmother Grace, first in her family to graduate high school....sadly, I never knew her as she died when my mother was a toddler....

and my own mother....faith teacher, guide, nurturer, friend, confidante...still youthful twinkle in her eyes at 95...introduced me to a sewing machine at age 8, sparking a life-long passion...

so there they are...no olympic athletes, no Rhodes scholars, no rocket scientists, just pretty ordinary people of strong mind, faith, integrity and wise beyond their years....pretty lucky eh?