“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:”
Proverbs 31:28
Happy Monday sweet friends! Today is a special Monday Morning Blooms as it is our Mother’s Day edition. If you have been following my blog for very long, you know that I often share memories of my beloved mother.
I am blessed to have had a Godly mother who poured her life into me. I was overjoyed to become a mother after thirteen years of marriage and more joy flowed when I became a grandmother!
My mother loved fresh flowers and I so enjoyed taking her a fresh bouquet often. Blush and lavender roses, peony tulips, stock, and honeysuckle fill an ironstone pitcher and grace a table set in her memory.
The links for my friends’ beautiful floral inspiration are at the bottom of my post.
“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
Proverbs 31:30
Mother had the gift of hospitality. As I was growing up there were always people sitting around our table for Sunday lunch. It might be the pastor and his family, a single mom and her children, or someone that was going through difficult times that just needed to feel loved.
The floral tablecloth underneath the lavender topper was made for a surprise party that I gave for my mother’s 70th birthday, seventeen years ago.
My talented mother was known far and wide for her cooking and baking. When you were invited to sit around my mom’s and dad’s table, you not only felt loved but you were fed the best Southern cooking that could be found anywhere.
She baked hundreds of cakes and gave them away to those who were hurting, distressed, grieving, or needed a hug.
Mother mentored so many young ladies and teens. They would sit for hours on her screened porch as she gave them Godly counsel and shared with them the love of Christ.
She loved her family so well. My brother and I grew up in a home where unconditional love was given to us by both parents. I probably didn’t realize it at the time, but that was an immeasurable blessing that many children did not have. Mother loved her three grandchildren and lived to see them become adults. She was so proud of them. During their teen years every Thursday night was their night at her house. She prepared their favorite foods which most often was country fried steak, mashed potatoes, with biscuits and gravy. Nanny always made their favorite cookies…chocolate chip or chocolate-peanut butter-oatmeal! She would pack up the left-overs and send home with them. They loved her and their friends loved her. She would often prepare food and take to their school for the entire class. She had a servant’s heart and I never saw one thread of selfishness in her life. She freely gave whatever she had.
My mother was not only beautiful on the inside, but her heart of love flowed outwardly through her eyes of mercy and kindness, and a smile that would light up any room. She always began her day with coffee, her Bible, and quiet time in prayer. I never remember a day that my mother did not “fix her face” as she called it. Her make-up was applied whether she was leaving home or not. She was a beautiful lady in her younger years with dark eyes and naturally jet-black hair. As she grew older, she became more beautiful with her white hair that signified gained wisdom and grace.
The photo of Mother and me was taken on Mother’s Day in the early 90’s. My love of setting pretty tables was inspired by my mother. She never served anyone on a paper plate or used a paper napkin. She didn’t save “her best” for a special occasion, because she viewed every day as special and those that sat around her table were special.
Mother was a beautiful example of a Proverbs 31 woman. The heart of my daddy trusted in her and she did him good and not harm all the days that she lived. She worked willingly with her hands…cooking, cleaning, quilting, making hand-made crafts, and providing a lovely and well kept home for her family.
She would rise early in the morning to prepare food for her husband and children. She planted vegetable gardens and worked hard making her house a home. She always had an open hand to the poor and needy, giving away what she had to meet their needs.
Strength and dignity were Mother’s clothing. She did not eat the bread of idleness. I never saw my mother when she wasn’t busy, but she always had time to sit down with a friend or her daughter. Her days started early and ended late.
Her children and grandchildren rise up and call her blessed. Her husband, my precious daddy, praises her. Her great-grandchildren are told stories of their Nanny. Ella Mae sees her picture and asks where is Nanny. It is such a joy to tell her she is with Jesus, and this answer satisfies her. The way she lived her life continues affecting people twelve years later. It is a reminder that the way we live our life matters…every single day that we are given will echo into eternity!
You are in for a special treat as you visit Shirley, Lidy, and Mary. These ladies are so talented and gracious and I count it a privilege to be in their company.
Shirley @ Housepitality Designs
Mary @ Home Is Where The Boat Is
Thank you for your lovely visits and the comments that you leave. I would love for you to share your Mother’s Day memories with me.
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Pam… what a beautiful tribute to your wonderful Mom. I’m sure that she is smiling down from heaven. Enjoy your week.
Thank you Katie. Enjoy your week ~
Pam, What a wonderful and heartfelt post in memory of your Mom. I know she is missed every day. Your table and flowers are such a beautiful tribute to her. Such a gorgeous combination of blooms with the stock, roses and sprigs of honeysuckle. I love the shot of the sun shining through the trees. As always it’s a treat to join you at the table and start my Mondays with you. ♥
Thank you dearest Mary. MMB is always special because of you talented ladies.❤️
Thank you for sharing your memories – what a wonderful tribute! I’m challenged today(and everyday) to live up to the Proverbs 31 woman. Now I’m inspired to host a Mother’s Day lunch at my home. I’ve enjoyed your lovely pictures and posts! God bless you
Thank you Yvonda for your sweet comments and thank you for visiting!
What an outstanding tribute to your mother, and beautiful table, florals to accompany it!
Thank you Rita.
Oh Pam, what a most wonderful tribute to your most amazing mother. I love each and every story you share about your mother. The table and flower arrangement were truly made from the heart created in memory of your mom. I love how the grandkids would go over her house every Thursday…what a joy it must have been for her and the grands. Your family is truly blessed with such precious memories and the legacy she left behind. Thank you for the beauty you shared with us today with your stories and your beautiful arrangement and table of your mom’s favorite colors. Truly special. Another Monday Morning Blooms that I am so happy to be a part of with you special ladies!!! Have a fabulous day Pam!
Thank you dear Shirley. MMB is always so special because of your leadership. Enjoy your week ❤️
What a beautiful tribute to your mom.
Thank you Nancy!
Dear Pam, what a beautiful tribute to your precious mother. Your table is beyond beautiful and I know she is smiling as she enjoys what you create and the goodness you send out into the world. You were truly blessed to be her daughter. Your dear mom lives on through you.
Wishing you a wonderful day and week! ❤
Thank you dear Sandra! I was most blessed to be her daughter.❤️
Thank you Pam, I enjoyed reading about your memories of your mother so much, she sounds like a truly amazing woman. My mother also lived a life busy with her hands, cooking sewing, setting beautiful tables, and my parents also loved to entertain. It naturally passes down I think, which is why it is so important that we set good examples for our children and grandchildren. Your lavender table topper is stunning with your Monday Morning Blooms this week, and all the more special that you made it for your mother’s birthday and now are using it for Mother’s Day and this beautiful tribute to her life. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree you know, what joy and love you bring to all! I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day!
Jenna
Jenna, your loving sentiments warm my heart today. I just know our mothers would have enjoyed each other’s company. Happy Monday!
A beautiful tribute to your Mom. She sounds like she was quite a woman. Love your floral arrangement and the table you’ve set.
A beautiful tribute to your Mom. She sounds like she was quite a woman. Love your floral arrangement and the table you’ve set.
Thank you dear Liz.
This is one of the most beautiful tributes I’ve ever read. From hearing of your mom — and reading you for such a long while — I’m thinking that apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Her love for things beautiful, entertaining, baking and her joy of life and giving all sounds a good deal like her daughter.
Your table setting is so beautiful. Don’t you just wish we could invite them for the best Mother’s day ever? I sure do!
Jeanie, your sentiments are so touching to me. I think our Mothers would have enjoyed each other’s company.
Absolutely beautiful tribute to your mom. Made me tear up this morning as I read this precious post. Oh I wish I could have known your beautiful mama. What a legacy she has left for so many. Your table is beautiful Pam I know she must be smiling dear friend, Hugs and blessings to you Pam.
Cindy
Thank you for you sweet sentiments dear Cindy! Much love and Happy Mother’s Day!
Lovely flowers and a beautiful tribute to your mom. I lost my mother 10 years ago, so Mother’s Day is a day of reflection for me too.
Thank you Carole.
How beautiful Pam. Your mother was truly the kind of woman we all strive to be. What a Godly role model she was, not only for you, but for all the people she came in contact with. Definitely a Proverbs 31 wife, mother and friend. Your table is lovely as was your mother…and all the “gifts” she left you, have made you the woman that you are today. Beautiful inside and out! You ARE your mother’s daughter. God Bless!
Thank you sweet friend for your sweet comments. She has definitely left a legacy and I cherish my memories of her.
There is no greater compliment than to be called a Proverbs 31 woman, me thinks. I had to reach for a tissue as I read your moving tribute to a lady who must have fulfilled Immensely the
role the Lord set for her in His plan. And you, my dear, certainly are your Mother’s Daughter in so many ways. Oh to have known her, but we can in some measure through you. Bless you for
sharing her in time for Mother’s Day, Pam.
Thank you dearest Mary. Your sweet comments made me teary-eyed. She was everything I said and so much more?
What a beautiful, beautiful, tribute to your mother! We should all be blessed with a mother like this. Happy Mothers Day!?
Thank you for your sweet comments Sally! Happy Mother’s Day ?
Oh my, such a beautiful table and tribute to your Mother.
Thank you dear Marty!
Oh Pam, your mother sounds a lot like my mom. I miss her everyday but know that she is with Jesus. Thank you for this lovely tribute. Happy Mother’s Day!
Thank you Lynda and I know you miss your mom. Knowing she is with Jesus is comforting. Happy Mother’s Day to you ?
Truly you are living out what proverbs 31:28 says about rising up and calling your mother blessed. Her legacy lives on through you.
You have set a gorgeous table in your garden honoring her with such a beautiful floral arrangement. I especially love your stunning tablecloth and napkins.
How wonderful it is to have had such a special mother. I share that blessing also as my mother would also fit as a Proverbs 31 woman. You are that woman that Soloman describes also.
Have a wonderful Mother’s Day, sweet Pam.
Thank you dearest Bonnie. We both were blessed with wonderful mothers. Wishing you a most wonderful Mother’s Day?
Pam, what an amazing post! Thank you for sharing the beauty of your Mother, what a Godly example she was to all who knew her. {what we all strive to be!} Your table setting is a gorgeous place to honor your Mother, but also yourself, and the mom of your grand babies! : ) You are a joy to me, and it’s an honor to share our Monday Morning Blooms with you each month. Happy Mother’s Day, friend! xoxo
Thank you dearest Lidy. I just hope to follow in her footsteps. Happy Mother’s Day to you! xoxo
Pam, What precious memories lovingly shared with us. One of the greatest gifts is to have Godly parents & you were doubly blessed indeed. Your sweet memories sent a flood of emotions through me as I could feel the love your Mom so freely gave to all who knew her. We all become our mothers because they shape our lives. I love your tribute to her. Your tablescape is beautiful (I love your tablecloths) & the colors you used were my Mom’s favorites! Wishing you a Happy Mothers Day! Clara ?
Thank you dear Clara. Yes, I was most blessed to have been raised by my parents. Blessings and Happy Mother’s Day?
What a loving tribute to your mother. She raised you and your family with so much love and it now shows through you. I know she would enjoy the beautiful table that you set in her memory.
Thank you dear Karen for your sweet comments ?
You have done it again… Beautiful tablescape! That tablecloth is gorgeous! Chills came over me when I read this… all happy thoughts of your Mom and my Mom! Very similar characteristics!
Happy Mother’s Day my lovely Pam ?
Thank you dearest Nancy. Sweet memories for both of us?
It sounds like your mother was very special and I think she passed many wonderful traits to you. Such a beautiful table and garden setting!
Thank you Stacey, she was one special lady ?
Amazing tribute to your loved Mother…Wonderful memories…Such inspiration and beauty!Stunning table too,sweet and elegant.Thanks for sharing this adorable post,Pam!Blessings!
A truly well loved mother portrayed by Proverb 31. That all of us could have parents like yours is my wish. Happy Mother’s Day Pam.
Thank you Alice!?
Pam, of course you know how I loved your Mother, named Shirshee by my Tara. Your tribute to her in this post is a wonderful example of how love given so freely as she gave is long remembered. She would be so proud of how you have followed in her footsteps and cook the family’s favorite foods, and host many meals around your table. Shirshee’s food was legendary, but her love for others and the way she showed it in so many ways, was even more legendary. She was the best example of God’s love, which she showed in so many ways.
Thank you dear friend. You and Tara had a special bond with Shirshee, and she had a place reserved in her heart for the both of you. She had a beautiful servant’s heart.
Wishing you a lovely Mother’s Day!
What a beautiful tribute to your mother, Pam … I’m guessing she would marvel at the beauty of your words and photos here today
And Happy Mother’s Day to you!
Thank you Linda. She set a beautiful example for me!
Beautiful table Pam. The topper is my absolute favorite color and looks stunning with the flowers. You are truly blessed to have had such a wonderful Mother. My Mom is also a God fearing woman and works daily to cook, clean and keep her home beautiful for her family. God has blessed her with 85 years and I am eternally grateful for my parents and having been brought up in a Christian home. I remember Mom kneeling at her bedside every night and praying for all her children, and I am blessed today because of those prayers. Happy Mother’s Day to you and your readers.
Susan, your sentiments are so precious and how blessed to still have your precious mom. I know you cherish every day. I know that my Mother never missed a day praying for my brother and me. I still have my sweet Daddy praying. Wishing you a beautiful Mother’s Day?
Oh so pretty. What a lovely display and tribute to your mother.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Marilyn
Thank you Marilyn. Have a wonderful weekend!
The tribute to your mother is touching. My mother is dead 8 years this month.I love the way your arranged the table. The colors are beautiful. Have a blessed mother’s day.
Marion
It is so hard to lose your mother. Thank you Marion.
What a beautiful memorial Pam to your Mama! You are truly blessed! Unconditional love from a Godly mother echoes down through the generations to Ella Mae…Such a sweet blessing ♥
Happy Mother’s day Pam, 😀
Bless you,
Jennifer
Thank you dear Jennifer. Blessings❤️
Reading your loving tribute to your beloved mother really touched my heart! My mother was also one of those outstanding southern mothers whose memories I hold dearly…I miss her every day! Such a beautiful table setting in her memory. Have a “Happy Mother’s Day” Sunday!
Thank you Linda. You and I were most blessed with outstanding mothers. Happy Mother’s Day!
Lovely and elegant tablescape, Pam. And I love how you used Scripture for the narrative! ALWAYS blessed to have you at Homestyle Gathering… thanks!
Thank you so much Julie! Have a wonderful weekend!
Dearest Pam, this has to be one of your most beautiful posts. The colors are divine. I feel like I know your Mother. She sounds a great deal like my own. Mother too baked cakes and took them to anyone that was having a tough time. Your mother is a very beautiful woman and she certainly raised an angel. Sorry so late. We had a death in the family and Gordon and I have spent several weeks making lots of decisions.
Thank you dear Dianne. We both were blessed with beautiful mothers! I am sorry about the death in your family. Blessings!
What a beautiful post about your mom! She sounds like she was a wonderful lady! Thanks so much for sharing with us a Thursday Favorite Things.
Thank you Pam!
Thank you for sharing at Best of the Weekend. I’ll be featuring you tomorrow!
Thank you Liberty, I will be looking forward to it!