Mother's Day Memories to Tuck Away

     
Fiorella had a great time yesterday with her two Texas children, her granddaughter, and daughter's boyfriend. She was scheduled to meet them all at Dan's in Austin at 1:00, but they ran late, which meant she grabbed a table, then sat there alone in a room full of celebrating people for fifteen minutes feeling sorry for herself until her family arrived. It turned out that they had been caught up in one of I-35's all-too-frequent traffic jams.
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Everything went uphill from there on in, and after lunch at Dan's, everyone drove over to Central Market so Granddaughter could enjoy the playground. Fio hitched a ride with the BF, which allowed her to get better acquainted with him, a real plus. Another plus was watching the way Son took care of his daughter--he must be the best father in the world. The roses and chocolate cupcake that cupcake Daughter insisted on buying for Fio were the third plus. And the fourth plus was.....GRANDDAUGHTER REACHED OUT TOWARD FIORELLA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!
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To top off a wonderful Mother's Day, Minnesota Son called to wish Fio well, talk about his upcoming visit, and tell her about his morning at church, where he plays bass guitar on a regular basis. Fio is happy about  his life coming full circle--as she's told you before, Husband and Fio first realized Son's musical inclinations when he was just a toddler and insisted on staying in church until the very last cord of the organ died.
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Fio forgot to add that as she was stopped at a traffic light on the way home, she noticed that the beggar walking up and down the center strip had a tail-wagging, happy-looking dog on a leash walking behind him at every turn. Now, Fio makes it a rule to NEVER give money to panhandlers, but she couldn't help opening her door, calling for the man to come back, giving him a dollar, and yelling "I love your dog!" as the light turned and she drove off.
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Remembering Mother's Days in the past........ 
Fio's mother would have been surprised if Fiorella hadn't celebrated her on Mother's Day, but Husband's mother was caught by surprise when yours truly, Husband in tow, showed up on Mother's Day with a cake and accutermants. Fio later learned that Mother-in-law saw minor holidays as gimmicks by merchants to increase their sales.