Mommy plus Five

Handle with Care.

This Ivy belonged to my mom, and she had it for years. When I met my husband she gave me a cutting of her Ivy and we transplanted it into a milk jug when we moved into our first apartment. That was almost 26 years ago.

Since then, "Ivy" has witnessed so much. The marriage to my husband, the birth of five children, our move two thousand miles across country from Texas to Idaho, hard times when my husband and I separated, my daughter leaving for college and each son growing into a man. She is still with me, this sweet old Ivy.

I may forget to water her from time to time, forget to move her to a sunlit spot but she forgives me and continues to thrive.

We lost mom in 2007, and I miss her so much. There will always be a part of her with me, just like this old Ivy.

Thanks mom, I love you. :)