Lunch Break Doodles 1/3-1/16/2017

Kenny

"The Tired Young Widow" by Brian K. Raynor

"The Tired, Young Widow" is a pencil drawing of my mother.  She was widowed at 34, with 5 children to raise on her own.  Tragically she was only given seven more years with us before her own death.  I know the drawing is not accurate but neither is my memory of  her face.  I remember her love and compassion. Only as an adult have I realized her strength and courage.

Another anniversary of my mother's death.  

There is no heart heavier than that of a child who has lost his mother.  

I will never forget that sad day.

More than that day I will never forget the loving and self sacrificing person that I called "Momma".

Christmas Tree

It's been a few years since I've put a tree up for Christmas. No little one's at my house to enjoy it. I don't usually have holiday get-to-gethers at my house but this year my family will probably be coming to my house for Christmas. So, Sunday I got my Christmas tree out of the attic. 6 feet and scraggly. Brought the decorations down as well. Realized I had no lights for it. So last night I stopped at Wal-Mart & picked up a couple strings of white lights. Put the lights and ornaments on and now "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". Humbly compared to many and not nearly as decorative as Christmas' past at my sister's house. She died a few years ago. So I'm trying to hold our family together with some semblance of our previous holidays. Now I must begin my search for gifts,...