Messages from beyond. My late mother still sends me greeting cards.

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I was doing some major housecleaning for the new year.
For a few weeks cardboard boxes formed a holy circle in the middle of my apartment.  It looked like I was moving.

I should mention that my dear, quirky mother had passed away two years ago.  Barely a day goes by I don't think about her and miss her.  I came upon a box of greeting cards I had saved.  This one below was from four years ago (just over a year before her stroke) and is really amazing and touching.  For now it has a second meaning.  It's just like my mom to continue to send me messages after her passing.  She was a woman who adored a good greeting card!


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  1. Lisa Zhang WhartonDecember 6, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Cute greeting cards.

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  2. PokrakchanDecember 6, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    what a great hug from the universe.

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  3. Dwight OkitaDecember 6, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    Yes, Sue, it is a big hug. Did you ever have experiences like that going through Andy's things?

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  4. Dwight OkitaDecember 6, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    I love how she writes, "Miss you."

    And "Thanks for making my life grand."

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  5. Dwight OkitaDecember 6, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    The images of these cards were created thanks to my new Canon scanner.

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