Comments on: Mother’s Day Lavender Honey Giveaway! http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:31:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sandy http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-7/#comment-25464 Sandy Wed, 13 May 2009 22:43:48 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25464 My relationship with my mother, after 34yrs, is still classified a work in progress. As we work through our "communication issues" I take what I learn and hope that it makes me a more understanding parent to my own children: Connor is 2 1/2, Addison 17months. At the end of the day, when Connor shows me his hand and says "this means I love you mama" (he's big on learning sign language right now), I think "I'm doing okay." My relationship with my mother, after 34yrs, is still classified a work in progress. As we work through our “communication issues” I take what I learn and hope that it makes me a more understanding parent to my own children: Connor is 2 1/2, Addison 17months.
At the end of the day, when Connor shows me his hand and says “this means I love you mama” (he’s big on learning sign language right now), I think “I’m doing okay.”

]]> By: Mary Lou Kemp http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25357 Mary Lou Kemp Tue, 12 May 2009 20:12:56 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25357 Since I am quite old now and will no longer have to answer for my indisgressions I will confess to snagging a pack or two of my mothers stash of double mint chewing gum. This is the only gum she ever chewed her whole life and she always kept packs and packs of it on the counter in the little jar marked tea bags. Ha.... and she thought no one would bother to look in there. Thanks for the chance to win some honey!! Since I am quite old now and will no longer have to answer for my indisgressions I will confess to snagging a pack or two of my mothers stash of double mint chewing gum. This is the only gum she ever chewed her whole life and she always kept packs and packs of it on the counter in the little jar marked tea bags. Ha…. and she thought no one would bother to look in there. Thanks for the chance to win some honey!!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25242 Michelle Mon, 11 May 2009 16:04:00 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25242 My mom and I are best friends. We sew together, shop together, garden together, and bake together (of course!). I'm graduating from college in a couple of days and I can't wait to return home and wake up to the smell of my mom's blueberry almond muffins, fresh out of the oven! Your blog has been a great inspiration for many of our mother-daughter baking projects. Thanks so much! My mom and I are best friends. We sew together, shop together, garden together, and bake together (of course!). I’m graduating from college in a couple of days and I can’t wait to return home and wake up to the smell of my mom’s blueberry almond muffins, fresh out of the oven! Your blog has been a great inspiration for many of our mother-daughter baking projects. Thanks so much!

]]> By: Bj http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25224 Bj Mon, 11 May 2009 09:38:53 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25224 JOY! I swear I do not usually laugh aloud while on my laptop but let me tell u when you described yourself as a teenager i laughed......and laughed.....and laughed. YOU ARE AN AMAZING WRITER AND NEED TO WRITE A BOOK PRONTO. AND NOT NECESSARILY A COOKBOOK EITHER. Maybe part of the reason i am so amused is cuz 'annoying' was once my favorite word too, and yes, I used to steal my mother's stuff...for me it was mainly her chocolate and cookies stash. HAHAHAH This really made my day. Thank you so much! By the way, I think part of your magic as a writer is that you know how to connect with the silly little kid inside each woman. :) JOY! I swear I do not usually laugh aloud while on my laptop but let me tell u when you described yourself as a teenager i laughed……and laughed…..and laughed. YOU ARE AN AMAZING WRITER AND NEED TO WRITE A BOOK PRONTO. AND NOT NECESSARILY A COOKBOOK EITHER.
Maybe part of the reason i am so amused is cuz ‘annoying’ was once my favorite word too, and yes, I used to steal my mother’s stuff…for me it was mainly her chocolate and cookies stash.
HAHAHAH This really made my day. Thank you so much!
By the way, I think part of your magic as a writer is that you know how to connect with the silly little kid inside each woman. :)

]]> By: Tracy http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25211 Tracy Mon, 11 May 2009 04:04:49 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25211 True story: last night before putting our toddler to bed, after reading "Llama Llama Red Pajama" for the first time, my husband asked if he could say "mama" and out it came: "ma ma ma ma ma" and a finger point in my direction. Damn! Motherhood is worth it every. single. day. Happy Mama's Day to all. (Also, our kid likes honey!) True story: last night before putting our toddler to bed, after reading “Llama Llama Red Pajama” for the first time, my husband asked if he could say “mama” and out it came: “ma ma ma ma ma” and a finger point in my direction. Damn! Motherhood is worth it every. single. day.

Happy Mama’s Day to all.

(Also, our kid likes honey!)

]]> By: Wendy http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25209 Wendy Mon, 11 May 2009 03:27:21 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25209 My mom and I have a really great relationship. More often than not, we act like friends rather than mother-daughter. We have a really similar sense of humor and like to laugh a lot. The woman also has the strangest sens of taste ever, mixing flavors which we all though were disgusting, but which she would like anyways, like sour cream on my 6th birthday cake (I was not happy about that). But I appreciated her willingness to experiment and take risks in cooking, and she is probably one of the reasons I find cooking so wonderful and interesting today. My mom and I have a really great relationship. More often than not, we act like friends rather than mother-daughter. We have a really similar sense of humor and like to laugh a lot. The woman also has the strangest sens of taste ever, mixing flavors which we all though were disgusting, but which she would like anyways, like sour cream on my 6th birthday cake (I was not happy about that). But I appreciated her willingness to experiment and take risks in cooking, and she is probably one of the reasons I find cooking so wonderful and interesting today.

]]> By: Joanna http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25177 Joanna Sun, 10 May 2009 14:27:30 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25177 My mom had this knack for working on the daily little life lessons and letting the big stuff work itself out. I wish I walked that line half as well! My teenage years were no picnic for either of us but she gracefully taught me about eating well and following through on the small tasks (homework, setting the table) trusting that she was teaching more about life that way than by taking the easy road of fighting over the things that felt hugely important to me (boyfriends, after-school job, car). She thought I'd learn about that stuff best by working it out on my own. And as usual, she was right! She was always there to listen but held her tongue until I was ready to hear what she had to say. It made me crazy too because she was always giving my friends GREAT advice--she just wouldn't tell me what to do. I hope I get how she did that figured out by the time mine are in their teens! My mom had this knack for working on the daily little life lessons and letting the big stuff work itself out. I wish I walked that line half as well!
My teenage years were no picnic for either of us but she gracefully taught me about eating well and following through on the small tasks (homework, setting the table) trusting that she was teaching more about life that way than by taking the easy road of fighting over the things that felt hugely important to me (boyfriends, after-school job, car). She thought I’d learn about that stuff best by working it out on my own. And as usual, she was right! She was always there to listen but held her tongue until I was ready to hear what she had to say. It made me crazy too because she was always giving my friends GREAT advice–she just wouldn’t tell me what to do. I hope I get how she did that figured out by the time mine are in their teens!

]]> By: Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25131 Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen Sat, 09 May 2009 18:55:25 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25131 The greatest blessing in my life is motherhood - suffering from thyroid disease and infertility and other issues I was told by my doctor I'd never get pregnant so when a HPT turned positive, the doc told me not to count on it - that there was probably something else in my system creating a false positive; fortunately, she was wrong. Now blessed with 3 yo boy, I have a new found respect for the worries I caused my mother growing up. The greatest blessing in my life is motherhood – suffering from thyroid disease and infertility and other issues I was told by my doctor I’d never get pregnant so when a HPT turned positive, the doc told me not to count on it – that there was probably something else in my system creating a false positive; fortunately, she was wrong. Now blessed with 3 yo boy, I have a new found respect for the worries I caused my mother growing up.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25081 Lauren Fri, 08 May 2009 22:57:17 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25081 Quite a response you've generated here :) I think too many of us can relate to the awful bratty teenage years but I can honestly say that the older I've gotten the closer my mom and I have become. My parents moved to Mexico about three years ago (for my dad's job) and are finally on their way back here to Texas as of this weekend! I'm so thrilled I can't even explain what it means that she'll be back in the same zip code with me but I can certainly say that the last few years have been very tough without her and I'm fantastically lucky she'll be home soon! She's an amazing woman with so many talents that over the years she has shared with my sister and I, loving and generous, my mom is someone that I am lucky to know, much less be related to. Quite a response you’ve generated here :) I think too many of us can relate to the awful bratty teenage years but I can honestly say that the older I’ve gotten the closer my mom and I have become. My parents moved to Mexico about three years ago (for my dad’s job) and are finally on their way back here to Texas as of this weekend! I’m so thrilled I can’t even explain what it means that she’ll be back in the same zip code with me but I can certainly say that the last few years have been very tough without her and I’m fantastically lucky she’ll be home soon! She’s an amazing woman with so many talents that over the years she has shared with my sister and I, loving and generous, my mom is someone that I am lucky to know, much less be related to.

]]> By: Abby H http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/05/mothers-day-lavender-honey-giveaway/comment-page-6/#comment-25064 Abby H Fri, 08 May 2009 18:25:50 +0000 http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/?p=690#comment-25064 I definetly fell into the bratty teenage category and I was always in trouble. My mom not only put up with me, she never gave up on me! Plus she is the best grandma to my three boys. Who else would watch them for free! I definetly fell into the bratty teenage category and I was always in trouble. My mom not only put up with me, she never gave up on me! Plus she is the best grandma to my three boys. Who else would watch them for free!

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