Today is Mother’s Day so I thought I would share a memory about my mother with you. It is a memory of something that happened after her death. My mother – Gladys Geraldine Ward Myers -- was loved by everyone. Mother and dad owned a nursery – Myers Pant Company – they grew and sold plants for over 60 years. My childhood was like growing up in the Garden of Eden because dad had a huge greenhouse full of exotic plants that came from all around the earth. Mother loved plants and spent countless hours growing them and planting her gardens. Mother passed away in 2009.
A few months ago my wife Susan, our granddaughter Lynlee and I were riding around. I came to a stop sign at a road where the cemetery in which many of my relatives are buried was across the street. As we were sitting at the stop sign waiting for traffic to go by, Lynlee, age 4, spoke up and asked – “Are we going to Great Grandma’s patch?”
At first Susan and I didn’t understand what she meant. Then we realized that Lynlee used the word “patch” instead of “grave.” We both laughed and knew how much my mother would have loved it.
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