Thank you all!

I want to thank you all for your cards, letters, messages, and beautiful flowers sent during this time. It has really done so much to help me through this sad time. I'm feeling much better because of it.

The service was beautiful and as mom would say, "I had a great turnout!"

I will never forget everyone's kindness. Thank you. Becky

My Mother

My Mother…..
My mother came from a very poor family, who lived through the Great Depression and many other hardships along the way.
She always talked about sharing shoes and clothes, walking long distances to school, and not having enough food to eat.
But she was the best Mom to me, and my 4 siblings, me being the youngest.
My Father was killed when I was 6 and she carried on the best she could. She worked at home doing invisible re-weaving, a self-taught procedure that was in pretty high demand. Along with that, she worked at J.C.Penneys, then a slack manufacturing company here, and then at Kmart, where she was a wonderful assistant manager of the appliance department and she loved her job.
I was the last left at home and we got by pretty good. Once I married, Mom was my constant friend and companion, always sharing in the ups and downs of motherhood with my 3 children. She always listened intently to my stories, laughed and cried with me, and offered her best advice, or just a shoulder. I always marveled over how she always knew just what to say.
With my last child, we shopped together and had many lunches full of chat and love. I couldn’t have done it without her.
She was always a very loving, kind hearted person, never meeting a stranger, and never hesitating to give what little she had to someone in need.
As she aged, I saw changes in her and knew she was slipping away to Dementia.
She lived with me for about a year and then we placed her in a nursing home.
She’s surprised every doctor, many times with her determination to go on.
She turned 90 on Jan. 19. She hardly has any gray hair!
She just got out of the hospital with a mild case of pneumonia but her oxygen is low, and she can’t swallow food or water.
I’ve been trying to come to terms with the thought of losing her for a long time, but it never quite takes. I don’t know what I will do without her in my life, except remember all the kind things she said and did and what an impression she made in my life and many others’.
On Feb. 19, 2009, they called me from the nursing home to tell me that Mother was near the end.
We gathered at her bedside and I saw her take her last breath.
I can’t believe the emotions I have gone through and I feel so alone.
I have a wonderful family all around me and I know that live will go on and everyday I will remember something my Mother shared with me.
I wanted to share my story because for those of you who have your parents, you are lucky. Please enjoy them, be patient with them, and spend time with them before they’re gone.
Today God has in his presence in heaven, Lola Phillips Boon, one of his very best creations.

Email Patterns!

Since Ebay quit letting us sell our epatterns, I find people will still buy a paper pattern, delivered through regular mail, or 2, but you can still get email patterns through my website, or even better, you can go to my page at Patternmart and purchase them, and download them INSTANTLY!
So go to http://www.mulberrymemories.com and click on the patterns button where you can buy them in paper or email format.
Or go to http://www.patternmart.com/patterns/search/section/All/Mulberry+Memories/All

All about Dieting!

Well, I put on some weight over the holidays, as usual, but I need to take it off for sure! My blood pressure goes up, the more weight I gain!
Last year, I was on Southbeach Diet, and it worked great but I'm finding when trying to get back on the program, I cannot eat the food! EGGS in the morning simply turn my stomach! Salads, come on! I wore them out! They're great for a bit or 2!
So, help me find a way! What diet, or eating habits work for you? Please let me know! I can use all the help I can get! Any words of encouragement are welcome!!

Happy 2009 for us all!

I've been gone a while but the new year came and is in full swing!

I'm finding it hard to get back to work and have not gotten all my sorting and cleaning done. I really need to clean my craft room to get back to work!

So, for this year, I'm going to write some new patterns, try to have lots of new items, and keep this blog updated better than I did last year!

Christmas was wonderful here this year. Not a lot of money to spend and I think that's why it was so much better!

My apologies to all who have come here to find nothing new! That's really bad, right? So sorry for that!

Drop me a line and inspire me to get going!!! Have a great day!!! It's suppose to be 80 here in Oklahoma today! Then, as they say, the bottom falls out!
Becky

My mini vacation is over!

I didn't get much done on my mini vacation to clean and organize, but I guess I'll have to do it as I work! It's time to get back to creating!

I'm working on new patterns, new Fall designs, and have completed my sign up for wholesale! If anyone's interested, you don't have to have a tax number or vendor number, just fill out the information at www.mulberrymemories.com under Wholesale.

Summer is flying by! I can't believe it's already July! We aren't doing our normal fireworks extravaganza this year due to lack of funds! Too bad too because we have so much fun every year with this! Oh well!

Please feel free to comment on my entries and I hope to hear from you soon!

Summer is here in Oklahoma!

Summer has definately arrived in Oklahoma! They say it was 103 yesterday! Felt more like 120!

Time is flying by! We cleaned out the above ground pool and it's ready for swimming! So, come on by and join us!

The winner of my drawing, Patiotic Shelf Pillows is Michelle, of www.theuglyduckingdesigns.com! Congratulations to you Michelle!

I'm working on my website, trying to get my pricelist for wholesale and list some of my new patterns! Too much to do!

Everyone have a great day! Becky

Crafting Supplies For Sale!

My new website is almost ready!

I've been working on my new website, making sure everything is listed there, with a new theme and everything! I will have it up soon!

I'm going to have a grand opening sale and a drawing for a prize, so please bookmark me or go to http://www.mulberrymemories.com and join my mailing list so you'll be sure to be included on all the new happenings!

I also have a poll down at the bottom, begging for your opinions on what you would like to see more of from MulberryMemories! Thanks!

There's a New Website open!!

I'm proud to introduce my son's website, Acorn Creek Gifts! He's worked very hard to get this open and is still adding inventory!

There's already so much there I'd like to buy and I know I'll buckle before long! He's very far from the end of listing all his inventory so this site is worth book marking, expecially with Mother's Day, End of school, Father's Day and then the fall and winter holidays coming up! He has something for everyone!

Check it out! http://www.acorncreekgifts.com!