The prompt from this week’s Photo Challenge is STRENGTH.
As children, our parents are our strength. They love, support, and guide us through all of our trials and tribulations. The day may come however, when we must be their strength. Even though she is tiny and frail, my little mother soldiers on. As you can see, there is quite an incline ahead, and mama is anxious to get to the top of it. This picture was taken several months ago and she’s had a debilitating fall since then. After weekly physical therapy sessions, she has decided today is the day to walk again toward that hill, in preparation for walking in the hills of Wales one more time next month!
Marching on
Kicking up more dust
Reward? PIE!
She is still my strength and my inspiration.
Thanks to the originators of the photo challenge:
Cathy from Nanacathydotcom
Jane from Rainbowjunkiecorner
Melissa from The Aran Artisan
Sandra from Wild Daffodil
Haiku for Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge! This week’s prompts were PIE and DUST.
Such an inspiring posting – thank you!
I notice she’s got some fleece on. Is it THAT COOL up there?!
Wait a sec – I’m booking my flight & hang the cost! 😉
(Lovely, your voicemail was full last time I tried to call. Hope all’s well.) xxx
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Haha! No, fleece right now, it’s very warm still (although not in the 90s thank goodness); this pic was taken just before last spring. Mama’s thinner now (so thin) but working slowly on building up. Sorry about my meager voice mail capacity, will have to empty it again very soon!
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Sorry to hear you don’t have colder weather, but glad to hear your mum is feeling well enough to begin building up. She has a lot to look forward to! xx
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Oh Wow! What a wonderful post – you have hit the jackpot with this one! Haiku and everything!!!!
Are you and you Mum going to Wales?!/ Where? When? I’ll be in Solva, Pembrokeshire in September. Give your Mum a ‘cwtch’y hug from me! ❤
Cymru am byth!
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Diolch! I’ve been out of the loop lately, but trying to get back up to speed.
We are indeed going to Wales in September. We will be in Brecon with my cousin. We’d like to make an outing to the coast…. I’ll give her a cwtch’y hug for sure. Cymru am byth!!!
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I’m just three miles down the road from Solva! What a small world this is!
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Small world indeed!
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Shall we meet up Deborah? I’ll email you. Jen, it would be great to meet you too although I know your time is tight – I’ll email you, just in case it is possible.
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Fabulous!
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Oh bless her. I am off to the Brecon Beacons soon to visit my Mum.
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Your mum lives in Brecon? That’s where my cousin lives, she has a glorious view of the Beacons from her living room window. ❤ We'll be spending 10 days there.
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This is lovely. My mum can hardly walk but tries so hard. I do hope she and you have a great time in Wales. Are you coming to London?
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Thank you Kate! It’s so difficult, isn’t it, watching these strong women become so frail? Breaks my heart a little each day, but like yours, my mom just keeps after it! We won’t be in London this time, sorry to say, but I just might be crossing the border for a little outing.
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A beautiful trio here Jen, haiku covers both challenges very creatively and a wonderful STRENGTH image
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Thank you Denis! I love that shot of her (she of course, would loudly disagree).
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Bless her! My mum has ‘succumbed’ and got herself one of those little trolley things to take out and about – she feels much more secure on her pins when she’s using it.
Have a lovely time in Wales – my sister lives there – it has some absolutely beautiful scenery and I hope you get some good weather to enjoy it at its best.
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A trolley? Is that a motorized scooter? I don’t see that happening yet, but it might be much more fun. Mama is able to get about indoors without help, but very insecure outside.
Your sister lives in Wales! Do you visit her often? It is so lovely, and we are counting the days now till we are there. Hoping for some sun, but well, it is Wales, after all. 😉
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No, a trolley is something on wheels you push along – we call a supermarket cart a trolley, for instance. She has something that looks like the one your mum is using – it has a seat you can lift up and put your shopping in too in case you get halfway round and need a rest. I have only ever visited my sister once in Wales – my family is a bit too spread out to get them all done on one trip!
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Ha! Trolley is a much better name … guess what we call it here? A walker. So dreadfully uninventive. Sad when families spread out, but crazy fun when everyone does come together eventually!
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Beautifully sweet, the sentiment and the pie!
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Thank you! Pie (and ice cream) is always a great incentive. 😀
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That’s a lovely post! I hope you have a lovely time in Wales. I’m near Birmingham, it’s funny to think you won’t be very far away!
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Thank you Sharon! I’m sure we’ll have a grand time with family, although it will be a fairly short visit. So excited!
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Lovely post – thank you Jen. Great to see your mum is feeling stronger 🙂
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Thanks Bekki. As we type she is having a rather bad day with her back, but overall coming all nicely. Each rehab takes so much longer now.
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Sorry to hear she’s having a bad day and things are taking longer each time. Hope tomorrow’s a good one x
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Thank you, I’m sure it will be better! 🙂
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Your Mum is amazing and an inspiration to us all.
I hope you will have good weather for Brecon in September ~ we haven’t had Summer at all and we are owed some good weather, hopefully we’ll get it in September?
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Yay, I’m hoping so! On our last visit, it rained every single day. We shall see! 🙂
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How wonderful that you’ll both be going to Wales soon, we love hopping over the bridge for the day. Enjoy:)
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Hopping over the bridge? Oooh, that would be wonderful! Ali said there were meetups before and after our trip, so I missed them both. 😦
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