Seasonal Sundays (Week 20) Happy Mother's Day
Welcome to Seasonal Sundays ... a Special Mother's Day Issue
About the Photo By Popular Request, a Little Insight into the Top Image: ...
Our next-door neighbors inward Minnesota, 3 moms, 2 grandmothers as well as ane great-grandmother. Our families convey been unopen for 60+ years. Back inward the day, in that location was fifty-fifty excogitation to "swap sisters". I beloved the sheer joy inward the faces of these 3 beautiful women, also how, if yous await closely, each ane is looking inward a unlike direction!
Does anyone else salvage random expert photos of favorite people off Facebook? That's where this ane comes from as well as it makes me smile, every time.
Wear the Hat, DAMMIT
Yep, we're taking a intermission from the kitchen today for a await at hats from the Kentucky Derby. Not interested? No problem. I'll endure dorsum amongst recipes ane time to a greater extent than side past times side week.
The First Sabbatum inward May
In green years, the outset Sabbatum inward May is a twenty-four hours cloaked inward the pomp as well as circumstance of the Kentucky Derby, an iconic American experience. Each country, each state, each metropolis as well as fifty-fifty each civilization has its ain iconic experiences but the Derby, well, it's one of ours.
You powerfulness know the Derby for ...
... the roses
... the grand spectacle
... the mint juleps
But The Real Stars Are the Hats!
From the wonders of aerodynamics ...
... to the uncomplicated wide brims.
From butterflies ...
... to aeroplane feathers.
There are white hats ...
... as well as dark hats ...
There are orangish hats.
There are pinkish hats.
There are fifty-fifty guy hats!
There are flowers as well as feathers as well as ribbons of every hue ...
... as well as fifty-fifty whole gardens on a unmarried hat.
And Where There Are Killer Hats, There Are K-I-L-L-E-R Shoes.
Literally. (Well, non literally ...)
But achin' feet.
Achin', achin' feet.
So Skip the Killer Shoes. But Wear the Hat, DAMMIT.
I simply know my mom would've given this hatless immature Derby-goer a talkin' to.
Because my mom, well, she had a feel of mode as well as she wanted everyone to limited their ain style.
And perchance peculiarly her daughters.
One year, I starting a novel labor at a just-funded start-up, lots of responsibility, lots of people, lots of fun. Those were challenges plenty but what the heck would I wear??? I had a closetful of materials from simply about other era clothes-wise, suits, hose as well as heels. But this was high tech inward the early on 2000s as well as offices were determinedly casual because a casual workplace (open flooring plans, ping pong tables, workout rooms, snack rooms amongst Goldfish as well as Twizzlers as well as Mountain Dew) was to a greater extent than productive, to a greater extent than fun as well as hence of course, the apparel code was casual.
Casual for guys? Khakis or jeans amongst a button-down shirt. Casual for professional person women? Ugh. There was no such thing.
But mom had an sentiment as well as off nosotros went to store at Chico's, a novel store nigh their house inward Florida, she sentiment I'd similar it. And hence I did ... wow, was Chico's ever useful dorsum then. I don't know how many pieces I bought but they were all separates as well as mixed as well as matched as well as the clothes were comfortable as well as drapey as well as looked abrupt amongst jewelry but didn't holler "fashion" either.
I was all worn out from trying on hence many things when Mom threw a chapeau onto the pile. "No hats, Mom!" I said, rolling my eyes. But she insisted as well as we'd been having hence much fun, I relented.
A few weeks later, I had a flying booked dorsum to Florida for simply about other visit. On the phone, Mom asked if I were going to article of apparel the chapeau on the plane. I hemmed as well as hawed. "Wear the hat, DAMMIT!" she said as well as hung up.
And hence I wore the hat. And wouldn't yous know it, nigh 5 people complimented me on that damn hat!
Now mothers aren't ever correct but they certain are correct a lot of the time.
My mom's "wear the hat, dammit" admonition was her means to say, "Hey, it's okay to endure yourself."
- It's also okay to stand upwardly out a little.
- It's okay to article of apparel color.
- It's okay to stretch yourself.
- It's okay to endeavor something new.
- It's okay to re-invent yourself.
- It's okay to convey a piffling fun!
- It's okay to stand upwardly your ground.
- It's okay to stand upwardly up for yourself.
- It's okay to stand upwardly up for your beliefs.
- It's okay to brand your words heard.
- It's okay to depict the line.
- It's okay to hand in.
- It's okay to brand room.
- It's okay to footstep onto the grass.
- It's okay to brand a instant for yourself.
- It's okay to convey the biggest express mirth inward the room.
- It's okay to allow go.
- It's okay to hang tight.
- It's all okay, it's all okay.
Life lessons from the Kentucky Derby as well as my mom.
Happy Mother's Day, All
Me, I'm off to dig out that hat.
is written past times second-generation nutrient columnist Alanna Kellogg as well as features fresh, seasonal dishes for every-day healthful eating as well as occasional indulgences.
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