Happy Mother's Day

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children".

~William Makepeace Thackeray

"Who fed me from her gentle breast

and hushed me in her arms to rest,

and on my cheek sweet kisses prest?"

My Mother

Mary Ellen Lawwill, 1945

My Mother's Mother

Nellie Egerton Lawwill

My Mother's Mother's Mother

Cordelia Egerton Hawkins

born 2 Feb. 1874

My Dad's Mother

Helen Terris Huls Nichols

born: 2 Nov 1900

My Step-Mother and her Mother

Mary Sinichak and Arlene Sinichak Nichols, 1985

Sweet daughters make nurturing Mothers.

Natalie with Squish & Bradoc.

Daughter-in-laws make wonderful Mothers.

My children have blessed me with the role of Mother.

I wouldn't have missed a day of it!

Lu, Natalie & me, Florida, Christmas 2006

I was lucky enough to have two daughters & two sons!

"Perfect" if you ask me!

Bobby, Johnny & me, Provo, Summer 2007

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible". ~Marion C. Garretty