The Last Memory Pillow!

Today is My brothers birthday! the oldest of my 4 little brother's, end's up

being the Last...!

As each sibling had there first Birthday since our mom passed away, last July 21, 2013 

My gift has been a memory pillow.

Made from clothing my mom wore....

This is my Brother, and his Beautiful family!

He is 7 years younger then I am. the one right behind me. 

Growing up we were so close. He was my assistant when I performed

my one of a kind Magic shows.

he shopped in my one of a kind Grocery store's,

on winter days I would turn our bedroom into a shop...using pie plates as the fruit and vegetable

scales..turning a box into a cash register..and putting out our toys and thing's

as items in the shop (yes, why the scales then? ha ha ha I think

we were able to smuggle some fruit in!)

He was the 1st son to our mother..and she LOVED having a son!

Our mom with this brother in 2012!

Here we are..on the 4th of JULY!!! a very cold one.

My girls and I and 3 of my 4 brothers :)

This Brother, Became a microbiologist! he put himself through school

and paid it off Quickly...he had our mom's frugal gene!

Here they are early fall 2012!

And here is our mom with Him and his wife, and the only child that wasn't in school yet!

It is the Capri's she is wearing in this picture that part of the pillow is 

made from.

The pillow has the Capri and a top she wore. I try in making these pillows

to keep the decor of my sister or sister in-laws in mind :)

and yes, once again this pillow Say's 'Schatje' the dutch word

for sweetheart...because that is what our mom always said.

So today she would have said to him, "Happy Birthday Schatje"

The back of the pillow is lace. His wife is a country girl :)

A pic of us in the 70's..there was only 3 then, my older sister, myself and our lil Brother.

little did we know, 3 more lil brothers would come along :)

My mom was very proud of this son. because he was the easiest to raise!

he was sickly as a small boy, many allergies and asthma attacks, But he was a great

child to raise.  He did what was asked of him, worked hard to get the things he wanted

he was quiet and steadfast.  In fact to this day..the rest of us wonder

Did '-----' ever do anything wrong?

As a adult he is a steadfast family man, a hard worker and yet

he has a sense of humor and a zest for life.

And so I realized, this journey has come to a end...the want to make them

each a memory pillow..for there first birthday's after our mom passed away...

and I also realized it's been 8 months since we lost our mom...and time moves

so swiftly by...days turning into weeks, and weeks into months and months into years...

And it seems more important to live in each moment...for it is the moment

we are in..that we have...  in these moments we can laugh, love, bond and create

the memories that stay with us always..so 

make the best of each and every moment!!!

The links to the  other 4 memory pillows are below:

http://simplypegsplace.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-special-memory-pillow-for-my-brother.html

http://simplypegsplace.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-second-memory-pillow.html 

http://simplypegsplace.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-3rd-memory-pillow.html

http://simplypegsplace.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-fourth-memory-pillow.html

I may make other thing's..for other family members..but these pillows were important to me,

In ways that were good and ways that were Therapeutic... they were just 

something I had to do, and with each one, there was a note about all the things

our mom loved about him or her :)

I realize this is now over, and days did turn into months, and soon

very soon..it will be a year!

and yet, I am still amazed she is gone...and thinking on all these thing's

growing up..life, my siblings and our mom...

I think of all the precious memories...

for our today's, become tomorrows memories..

I love you brother of Mine! I always have, and always will!

Happy Happy Birthday