My man made the altar arrangements for Easter Sunday. This is what our house looked like on Saturday. I am always moved be this devotion of his, this loving work that he does in memory of his mother, with whom he took a flower arranging class when he was a teenager because he found out that a girl he liked was taking the class too.
We had house guests through the weekend, including the newlyweds, who aren't really guests at all. My niece's brand new husband once lamented that he always shows up at our house empty handed. My niece told him, "You don't have to bring anything when you're going home. You just bring you."
I loved the graduation, I loved the wedding, I love the flowers! There is so much beauty in your life it's just stunning.
ReplyDeleteAllison, thank you! It's a busy but lovely moment over here for sure.
DeleteIt just occurred to me that your distinctive family photographs are like prose poems. Sweet to learn that your man clearly has a gift for flower arranging. My heart is touched by those Easter flowers.
ReplyDeleteam, i love photography, but the thing i love photographing most are my loved ones. I can never get enough of their faces, their pensive moments, their joy. i get on their nerves because of it, so it's lovely to know you appreciate them as prose poems. xo
DeleteThat touches my heart that you dear husband remembers his mother in this way. Very sweet and it looks like it's now a family affair. I bet the house smelled heavenly!
ReplyDeleteliv, my mother used to tell me when i was little that if a man is good to his mother he will be good to his wife. I'd say it's proven true! My husband was a good son.
DeleteYour husband does an amazing job with the flower arranging. Glad you had a love filled Easter.
ReplyDeleteLily, thank you. I hope you're was lovely, too, with your new grandson.
DeleteI love these photos. And that sentiment that your niece expressed. Oh yes, "You don't have to bring anything when you're going home. You just bring you." That sums up family love.
ReplyDeleterobin, i loved that she said that, too.
DeleteI think about your husband doing the flowers in his mother's memory so often. It's just one of those things that pops into my mind because it brings me pleasure to think about. He does it with such obvious love. It is a form of devotion and prayer that I can truly admire.
ReplyDeleteMary, it is indeed a form of devotion and prayer, and also thanks, I think. I love when he's working with his large blooms.
DeleteThose bouquets are beautiful. I love that your husband does this in memory of his mother.
ReplyDeletejenny, it is a beautiful and loving thing. i am always so moved by it.
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