Mellow Yellow

I should likely start with saying that I've been negligent and not posting as frequently as I thought I would in the retirement phase of my life. I had such great intentions with a first post on Feb. 2015, and a few up until July 2016.  How did it get to be  October 11, 2018? Well, they say life goes fast, I say, wait until you hit retirement and hang on tight.

Mellow Yellow,   a song written by Donovan, silly lyrics but a catchy tune, one my mom liked and one I liked.

Deb's 5th? Birthday

However, yellow is the reason for my post. And why it has become so special to me. Yellow was a favorite color of my mom's. Being a great seamstress, she made many of my clothes. So, it's no surprise that when I was turning 5, she made me the most beautiful yellow dress. I wore it to Easter service on Sunday  and to the left, I'm wearing it for my 5th birthday party. I felt pretty special in that dress.  She even made the gorgeous hair band that had little yellow and white flowers all over it!

My mom has been gone almost 4 and a half years. It goes without saying, how much I miss her. There is life with mom and life after, a bit of a divider happens when you lose your mom, or anyone close for that matter.

Back to yellow...........she has let me know in so many ways that she has never really left, and that she's in a great place. Yellow................ Initially, I missed the clues but as they became more frequent I realized exactly what they meant. Yellow comes out of nowhere. One spring, I was golfing, my friend and I had to travel south of the county to even find a course that was open. There wasn't a flower to be found. As I was waiting for Ro to hit her ball, that inner nudge came at me and guided me left, slightly down the valley (opposite direction of where I was headed) and there in the valley, peaking through the cold soil were the beginnings of flowers.....Yellow.

Yellow.......My little grandson Van who I have been staying with at Bloorview Children's Rehab Hospital has a drawer full of shirts but each day I was there, the nurse chose to dress him in yellow. Those shirts weren't even on top. When I reminisce about my mother which happens often out of the blue, something yellow always appears. There is a telepathy between us, I need no convincing. There are so many special moments like these that I am thankful for. Perhaps, I'll speak of more in upcoming posts. Wait, did I say upcoming posts? Let's just hope, I can manage to write them a little more frequently than every 2 years.

💛💛💛💛Yellow💛💛💛💛 and just like that, wouldn't you know there would be a 'yellow heart emoji'!!! Seriously, did you ever notice any other color for these aside from red and pink? Another signal.