Driftmaster "Mothers Day" Contest

My Mother passed away in 2008 at 97 years of age. One of the things I used to do after my father died was to run up to see her and fish a small lake where I could always catch a few crappie. I would take them to her house, clean them and we would enjoy fresh crappie. She always bragged about me cooking her fresh fish and how much she liked them.
I realize now what she really liked was for me to come visit her. I wish I had figured it out earlier and had gone more often when I had the chance.
SeaRay

Don't forget the pics?

My mom has always been there if I needed her for anything. She has worked hard all of her life and when we were kids she would go without to make sure her 6 kids had what they needed, not what we wanted but what we needed. Between her and dad I don't remember them ever saying ( I wish I had) like we hear so many times today.
Mom was 79 last year and never had be sick besides a cold once in a while but at a check up they seen something with her heart that wasn't right. She had to go into the hospital to have a heart value replaced. I hope I never have to see mom hooked up like she was in ICU. I took this picture 7 days after the surgery after around 90% of the wires and tubes were removed.

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Every day she was in the hospital I went to see her. I prayed each day that mom would recover and that she would be able to come home. I took her little gifts and flowers as did many others. She would tell me that she wanted fried crappie (fried all of things!) when she got home.

Finally mom recovered and was able to come home and she did have (baked) crappie fillets.
A picture from last Christmas and mom at 80. So blessed to have mom and able to get a picture of her and myself, my daughter and two of my grand kids, 4 generations.

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We lost dad in 1985 and I miss him each day, he was my best friend but Moms are so special because of the love they can give their children. For mom this year I will be going to her church that morning and taking her to lunch, but my biggest gift I will be giving her is for her to know how much she is loved by me, her son.

Love You Mom,
Ronnie

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Sorry but I forgot a photo in my previous post. This is my mother walking down the hall the morning after her hip replacement. 75 years young. She will kill me for posting this photo but I just could not resist.

Finally found a picture of my Mom that was on my PC. Most are paper photos but this is my Mom and Dad with my older son, David. This was around 1969 at their home.


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Originally Posted by SeaRay

My Mother passed away in 2008 at 97 years of age. One of the things I used to do after my father died was to run up to see her and fish a small lake where I could always catch a few crappie. I would take them to her house, clean them and we would enjoy fresh crappie. She always bragged about me cooking her fresh fish and how much she liked them.
I realize now what she really liked was for me to come visit her. I wish I had figured it out earlier and had gone more often when I had the chance.
SeaRay

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Last chance to submit your entries for this super high quality bird feeder by Driftmaster. A winner will be picked tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by DCottrell

This Mothers Day I plan to invite all the mothers in our family including their families to our house for a Craw-fish Boil or BBQ. Mom, Mother in law, Daughter in laws (grandchildren mothers) to celebrate and spend time with the best mother of all "My Wife Tina". Nothing could be better and I do this every year to show my appreciation to the mothers in our family.

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Went as Planned, All mothers together and boiled 80 lbs Crawfish, Wife woke up to fresh coffee and newspaper in bed, Handled the kids and she and the rest sat back and enjoyed their day.
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Originally Posted by shadow

I can not even start to tell you all the things my mom has done for me and taught me so I could never match up to what she has done for me! My parents have lost all the contents of their house for both hurricanes Rita and hurricane Ike, they still had the house but the inside looked like a big soup bowl that was stirred with a big spoon and everything was ruined! Well my mother had a glider rocker that she loved that she couldn't find. The neighbor's son found the glider across the pond from their house and brought it back to my mother. She was really excited to get it back! Well after years of watching this thing deteriorate, I decided last year to "fix" it up for mom for her birthday (July 2nd). I wanted to do this as a surprise for my mom and knew it would take a couple of days to get it like I wanted but I couldn't convince mom to leave for more than a day, she won't leave her dogs! Well here are the pictures. The first one is what it looked like after years of wear from the elements and the hurricanes and the second one is a picture of the finished product. OH AND SHE LOVES TO SIT IN HER GLIDER AND WATCH THE BIRDS EAT OUT OF THE WORN OUT FEEDERS SHE HAS OUT!
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Shadow, you are the winner. Please PM me your mailing address and mention the Prize Title, "Driftmaster Mothers Day Contest". Thank you everyone for entering. It was a close contest for sure.