The Pearls...

happy mother's day!

i am joining with 'maxabella' today

because i am grateful for a boy

who grew into a man

and kept a promise.

the story of the pearl necklace...



on wednesday

my mr t could not contain himself

and put this away until today.

so on wednesday he gave me my mother's day present...

this pearl necklace.

however the story started a long time ago,

when he was six or thereabouts.

i was driving home from shopping with him

he sat beside me in the front of the car.

we were having a conversation and it went something like this...

'mum, if you could have anything what would you choose?'

' i don't really know, i don't need anything.'

'if i was a millionnaire what would you like?'

'oh, i don't know, what about a pearl necklace?'

'when i grow up i'm going to buy you a pearl necklace.'

'that would be very nice mr t.'

years went by and occasionally he reminded me

that one day he would buy me a pearl necklace..

and we'd have a bit of a laugh about it

remembering that conversation.

apparently

every time he looked for a present for me

he would want to buy that necklace

but

wasn't able to.

this week he bought me a pearl necklace

for mother's day.

he was so excited that he could keep his word to me...

i am touched by his love and integrity...

which is far more valuable to me

than a pearl necklace

whatever it's worth!

whereever you are

whatever you are doing to celebrate your mother

remember that what is in your heart...

is to her

the most valuable

present you can bring!

naturally Carol xox

Shhh! Don't Let Mum Know!

hi !

mother's day in australia is the second sunday in may...

it's not very far away when i have to post something to nz from oz.

my mum has lived in the same fifties built and designed house

since then...

except for a very short time when it was rented out

and we moved from auckland to rotorua for dad's work.

i can remember my bedroom in rotorua had a big hole in the floor

where you could see the dirt underneath the house..haha!

when we came home again

i can remember my parents being disappointed

'cos someone had put cigarette burns into the lino on the toilet floor

of their new house..i was five..so it was less than five years old.

now the house is over fifty years old!

it looks a lot like one of the houses on this cushion...

that is why i loved this fabric

with circa 50 houses...

ours is mostly like the ones with the angled roof

and the row of little windows on the right hand side of it...

except mum & dads house has a long window

looking right down our long driveway

with a view of the sea in the distance...

which sparkles on sunny days!

actually that little if is right next to the one that looks mostly like mum's house!

the trees look like cabbage trees..

very commonly seen in the yards of auckland's houses...lol

i didn't really like them when i was growing up.

i appreciate their qualities more now.

a little more retro on the back...

so don't tell my mum,

if you happen to see her in the street,

and happen to know her and wave to her and say 'hello'...

don't tell her i'm sending her this cushion

for mother's day & her birthday as well...

'cos i don't want you to spoil the surprise!

{so keep this one quiet...dad & jill}

have a rockin' retro thursday!

naturally Carol xox

p.s....i forgot it was kootoyoo's linky day...we're linkin up here!