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September 25, 2020

Worth My Weight in Gold

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One of the things that makes me feel closer to my mom during this time when I cannot go see her at Copeland Oaks is looking through some of the things that I took when we cleaned out her last apartment. What a privilege to have these things that I can physically touch and hold.

Today I was just missing her a lot and pulled out one of the notebooks she had kept with all kinds of things she had created. She made her own cards and did handmade Christmas cards from the year that she and my daddy got married. Now you know where I got my love of paper crafting.

I opened the album and discovered this page once again. My birth announcement.

A cute little money sack adorned with a pink ribbon.

Tucked inside are two little items.

According to my stellar research gold was valued at $35.27 an ounce when I was born. That would make me worth approximately $3, 597.54 at the time of my birth. Now I will not hazard a guess as to my value today if I was golden but you can imagine it would be astronomical.

As I looked at that birth announcement I somehow felt closer to my sweet mother and to all that she did for me over the years. I am sure there were days she did not think I was worth my weight in gold but she never showed it. I miss the mom she used to be but accept that as dementia has taken her bit by bit from me she is still the same loving mother who handcrafted that birth announcement and tucked it away in an album to save. I am so very grateful.

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  1. susi_snaps
    September 25, 2020 at 06:19 am

    That is so sweet and such a nice way to feel close to her.

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  2. jena c. henry
    September 25, 2020 at 07:56 am

    She would have been a busy mom when she made that. Did she make more to share with friends and family? I’m sure she loved her days as a young mother. Time goes so fast for all of us. Thanks for sharing- you brought many thoughts to my mind.

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  3. Darlene
    September 25, 2020 at 09:28 am

    What a wonderful item to have in your possession. I can just imagine the love that went into making this. Blessings to you and your mom.

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  4. Minnesota Prairie Roots
    September 25, 2020 at 10:11 am

    I love this story about your mom. Creativity runs in the family.

    I am grateful today for loving and caring friends (like you) and for my husband, children, sons-in-law and grandchildren.

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  5. Mama's Empty Nest
    September 25, 2020 at 10:41 am

    Oh my goodness, that is so touching and sweet. I surely hope you can visit your mother sometime soon. What am I grateful for today? Well, after reading your post, I’m grateful for my own mother and that after 20 years of living so very far away from her, I was given the privilege of being with her every day for eight months before she passed away from cancer. That time, although incredibly difficult, was a blessing from God.

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  6. Shirley Matthews Dunn
    September 25, 2020 at 03:35 pm

    What a sweet and perfect way to announce her baby girl’s birth.. I can see how this would make you feel close to your Mother.

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  7. Jeni
    September 26, 2020 at 07:05 pm

    This is such a sweet find!

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    1. Beth Ann Chiles
      September 28, 2020 at 01:42 pm

      It really was a sweet find and I love that she kept all of these things.

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