Thursday, September 25, 2025

here's to the mums

I'm guilty of trying to find signs everywhere right now. The cardinals and the namesake (whom Suzanne poetically called "kindness with your mother's name") are lovely.

Not so lovely that the local indie hardware store sign made me tear up a block before I got to work.

Their sign currently reads: "Mums are here. More in rear." 

For some reason this prosaic rhyme made me think for an instant that all the mums* were in the store and if I didn't see mine right away, I could expect to find her in the back. 

(I didn't grow up American, so grew up saying "mum" not "mom.")

Pic: I took this as an excuse to treat myself to some huge mums for the front porch. 

14 comments:

Nance said...

Perhaps think about the fact that your mother is always with you. You will always feel her presence deep within. It's so cliche, I know, but you were always connected by love across a great distance.

You'll nurture the plants the same way you nurture everything you care about, and they'll show it.

Nicole said...

Awww, sweet friend. xo

J said...

I would have thought the same thing. <3 Enjoy them.

Claire said...

How sweet. If only there were a store where moms/mums were always ready to greet us.❤️

StephLove said...

Here's to mums, indeed.

Jeanie said...

Your mums are beautiful and a well-deserved treat. That would have stopped me in my tracks, too.

Sarah said...

oh mums.

maya said...

That's such a beautiful way to frame it; thank you Nance <3

maya said...

XOXO, Nicole

maya said...

Twins in this too, J <3
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maya said...

Oh! How I wish, Claire!

maya said...

This reminds me of Noah's Mothers' Day comment <3

maya said...

I'm smiling about it now (ruefully, but still).

maya said...

Nothing could be better.

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