What Do You Love And Cherish?
What item in your home do you absolutely LOVE and cherish? I cherish this mug. It’s my late mother’s coffee cup and I remember her drinking out of it.
I see the rainbow colors and it reminds me of her smile, her courage, and her compassion for others.
She has been gone for so long now, but I SWEAR, sometimes when I’m drinking out of her mug and I’m thinking about what a totally wonderful mother she was, I can hear Bette Jean laugh.
So often, the items we cherish have zero financial worth, but they’re priceless to us, aren’t they?
Answers below from my facebook friends…
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Barbara Khan I made a mug on Saturday with a ladies group I belong to. We are waiting for them to be fired. I can’t wait to use it. What lovely memories you have of your mom with this mug. Maybe I’ll pass mine on too.
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Diane Haeger So beautiful.. My mom has been gone just 9 months but maybe it’s time for me to bring out something of hers too. Thanks for the lovely prompt today, Cathy heart emoticon -
Anne Gerrish Mitchem I have a poem that my Uncle wrote for my Mum back in the early 1970’s about what she meant to him. My dad made a frame and it hung in their various homes. Now it hangs in mine. Part of Mum and part of Dad. Priceless ~ heart emoticon
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Jenny Collins Belk I have my Mom’s old raggy hat (her Go To Hell hat). She always wore it at the beach. Miss her infectious sense of humor. -
Samantha Buxton I have one of my Gammy’s purses she used to carry. It’s big and is a perfect reminder of her. It’s just hanging on a hook in a closet and for the longest time it smelled of her and her perfume. She was never shy with perfume. I still smelled like her long after seeing her and her hugging me. I miss her and I regret not spending more time with her. -
Stephanie Elliot so beautiful. Your words. The mug. -
Wendy Webber Deloge My Dad passed away in November 2007 and this was the very last birthday card I got from him. He just always put so much thought into the cards he chose for me. We always had that special father daughter bond. I always loved that he put so much thought …See More
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Sherie Nash I have my mother in law’s tin measuring cup…she used it nearly every day of her adult life…my favorite sister in law put it in her purse the day of the funeral and passed it too me to be sure that I got it…I love to bake like Gladys did…it means more to me than nearly anything I own, and it’s dollar value is almost nothing. -
Elaine Donoughe Allen I cherish my Mom’s hand written recipes! It’s all I can do not to cry when I see her hand writing! She has been go 8 yrs but feels like yesterday -
Myra Lamers Levitre This caught my eye Cathy. Also my heart.
27 years ago I lost my mom. I smell her randomly. No matter where I am, any continent, and season, when she is there, always the same smell fills my body.
Priceless. I just know you enjoy your moms laughter. Miracles and blessings are everywhere when you believe deeply. Thanks for sharing this it was beautiful. -
Myra Lamers Levitre My father also. Different scent.
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Alissa Schad I love this picture my son gave me for Christmas one year. I used to read him the book with the bunny’s ” i love you this much” so he made this for me and it makes me smile all the time
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Barb Dowdell MacKenzie I have four ceramic pieces that my mother made- an elephant cookie jar, cookie monster cookie jar, a ceramic jar that looks like a green pepper and a figurine of a “blue girl”–all have been broken and glued but I can’t throw them out.
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Kelly Ambrose Hays Cathy – your mom was so nice – I have great memories of her and a few epic slumber parties at your house. -
Leigh Beeman My mom collected frogs. She found this wonderful artist Janice Hester who made cool frogs all playing musical instruments. I have about 40 of them and when I open the cabinet I can hear the music. They made her so happy! -
Nancy Deress My Mothers Pyrex nesting bowls (yellow, green, red, and blue; big to little). Everything she baked involved using one of them. Every time I use them I think of a dish she made and the memory with it. -
Iris Harrison There’s so many items that I love and cherish, and that’s the problem. -
Sandra Jean Lawrence My mom died just last winter, and I have all of her knitting needles. Every time I knit, I think of her, and see them in her hands. -
Tina Hengen A little crocheted angel my grandmother made for me after my house burnt down! There are other little treasures I have but that’s the one thing I cherish most! -
Jodi Nielsen A little hand-made quilt that the chaplin at the hospital gave me to lay over Rich while we were in the emergency room – it was the last thing I could do to comfort him while I held his hand as he passed. It has become a very cherished keepsake from which I draw comfort. It will be 5 months on Oct. 2 since I lost him. -
Jenny Collins Belk So sorry for your loss Jodi.
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Jeff Shipman I understand, Jodi. Our church had a prayer shawl ministry for several years. My father in law died with his. It’s still a regular participant in Karen’s life.
I’m so sorry for your loss. -
Mich Lueken This lady vase is one of the things that I love and cherish so much. It was my sweet Mom’s. It sat on her dressing table with her makeup brushes in it and then later on her night stand. Now, its on my night stand and every time I look at it I think of my beautiful Mom.
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Judy MacGilvary So sorry for your loss, Jodi – our church makes prayer shawls – I’ve crocheted several. When my husband passed 9 years ago another church sent a quilt that was precious to us. -
Danee Marquand Hayungs My mom’s Texasware mixing bowl. I also have a few pieces of jewelry from my mother in law I’m holding for my teenage daughter. My mother in law is in a nursing home with Alzheimer’s and she loves her grandkids so much. We wanted to make sure the kids had some special things from Grandma. -
Jessica Morrell I’ve been wearing my mother’s pearl ring since March -
Jenny Horak Smearman I cant say i have 1 favorite thing, as most of my stuff came from family members,. -
Holly Robinson I love this, Cathy. I cherish my great-grandmother’s blue willow plate, hanging now above my fireplace. It has crossed the ocean by ship three times, from England and back, with different family members. -
Jacqueline Mallon Spenger My grandmothers bible. It was bought in England by my father to give to her. -
Eileen Goudge My favorite things are a mug and teapot my sister made. Handpainted with her designs, they’re a treasure worth more than gold. I think of her whenever I make my morning tea -
Susan Swager Becraft My favorite thing is a cup and saucer my mother brought all the way back from China years ago. My dad hated to travel, and after he died, she and her college roomie were unstoppable. I treat those fragile things like gold because I always think of Mother when I make tea. I don’t think mother-daughter relationships ever end.nt…
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Donna Fosbrink Way back in the 80s when we were in high school, my best friend and I actually bought each other the exact same coffee mug for Christmas. This friend passed away several years ago but I still have the mug. Of course it is chipped, but I refuse to part …See More -
Kelly J. Phillips When I was a teenager, I was obsessed with Angels. My brother gave me an ridiculously ugly, distorted looking Angel candy dish for Christmas. It was the few times we didn’t argue. He passed away a month later. I treasure that dish. Every time I look at it, I laugh. I think now that I’m older that was the intention all along. When I see him again. we’ll laugh at it together.
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Terri Hilton My mother used to always tell me she would always be with me to help me be strong whenever I felt stressed. She said ,”just reach down into your pocket, and I will be the lint you find there and I will always be with you”. She’s been gone a very long 15 years now, but she’s still always with me. No matter my outfit, she is ALWAYS there.
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Carolyn Cooper Guzy An old teapot my Dad bought for my Mom one anniversary. She loved it so. I remember her crying tears of joy when she got it. She put bittersweet in it every year at this time & I now do the same. I hear her talking to me too. Love never goes away.
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Cindy Bailey McCarty I love when you share memories of your mother. I have a Snoopy glass that I always used at my Grandmother’s house. My kids aren’t allowed to touch it
Also, my kindle. It was a gift from my husband and one of my most favorite things in the world. -
Sheryl Weitzel I have a painting my dad did when I was about five for our kitchen. It has been in my kitchen now for over 40 years! -
Janet Bailey My Slovenian Ladies’ Cookbook. I only use it a couple times a year for holiday baking, but it was my mother’s and has all her hand-written notes in it. -
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Joni Cape-Everson I have a flower dish by my bed that my Grandma made !! -
Ken Robin Davis Absolutely, no value to others, priceless to us. I have so many, most recently I have been wearing my grandma’s earing, they are just little plastic ball ones in white, pink, orange and green and yes, I wear all 4 at the same time because each ear has 4 earing holes smile emoticon -
Cathy Davis My grandmother collected China tea cups. After she went on to her next adventure their were enough of them we each got one. -
Carol Ann Yankey This flower pot my daughter Jenny painted for me when she was in Middle School. She’s 30 yrs old now.
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Colleen Richardson I have a teddy bear that my late father gave me for Christmas when I was in Junior High. His name is Bear and I just love him. He has his own special place on my bed.
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Chris Hetherington I have 2 woven cover lets that aren’t in perfect condition– they were obviously used for decades- but they were woven in Wayne County Ohio before 1850 and belonged to my great- great- great grandparents. -
Amy Nathan A small blanket of itchy crocheted squares made by my grandmother. -
Lyn Browne I have a crocheted throw mama made. -
Bettyann Waller the lil frog pot, with an orchid, from Mom’s house..miss her
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Victoria Powell I still have the short stories my mother wrote and got published (when she was in her fifties). I typed them up, added old photos to illustrate them, and put them in an album.
I also have her old (worn and tattered) Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. -
C. H. Armstrong Oh gosh. I don’t know! I guess my grandmother’s bedroom furniture most closely fits that description. It belonged to my grandmother (whom I never met but was named after). My mom then used it in her room my entire childhood, and then I used it in my…See More
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Dusti Douglass The cup my grandfather used to keep his shave soap in. When I was very little, we would “shave” together, he with his razor and me with a razor-shaped shoe horn. (If only we had selfie sticks back then.) I have his cup in memory of those moments. smile emoticon -
Wendy Holmes Graham heart emoticon
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My mom’s birthday would be next Tuesday, the 6th. God, I miss her so much. Sometimes I need to talk to her. I hope and know she hears me.
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