A Memory for Mother’s Day
I’d like to dedicate this Mother’s Day blog post to one of the most amazing women I have ever met or I imagine I will ever meet, my Nana, who passed away last year. She was a woman who had no idea just how remarkable she was. Unwavering in her moral ground and limitless in her love, my Nana was one of a kind and it is an honor to be able to tell you a wee bit about her.
It would take many books to truly be able to describe to you what an amazing women she was; she was nothing short of a heroine for the things she managed to accomplish in her life. The wonderful thing about my Nana, though, was that she managed to couple fighting for world peace, nuclear disarmament and the abolishment of apartheid (oh yes, my Nana loved a good trip to a dangerous region of the world, or a massive public demonstration) with such a wonderful sense of fun.
She was the woman that would whisk me off to her apartment (well she’d call it a “flat”) in London’s Hampstead Heath where we’d watch hours of “Golden Girls” while eating away boxes (and I mean BOXES) of chocolates. Thinking about this now reminds me that it was during one of those massive chocolate sessions when we first devised the plan that I should move to the United States. After all, the Golden Girls were certainly having lots of fun, weren’t they?
My Nana didn’t have any sense of rules when it came to me and whether that meant chocolate and ice-cream for every meal, or three pairs of ridiculous shoes instead of the sensible school ones my mum had sent us out to buy, or even flying to India in the middle of a war, my Nana was nothing short of amazing.
My son and I went for pain au chocolate this morning with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream in honor of my Nana and his great Nana, and as we were sitting there watching the world of people and cars wiz by (a favorite past time of hers), I looked up and saw the chocolate smeared around his lips and I couldn’t help think that my Nana was sitting with us loving the ridiculous fact that we were having ice cream for breakfast.
If you are feeling up to it today, have a piece of chocolate for my Nana, or the Nana in your life, and have a very, very Happy Mother’s Day!
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Wow! Reading this brought me back alot of memories! I just lost my nana On April 22, 2011! She was my everything! She raised me whole life and reading how you described ur nana was like listing to my self describe mine! I love your show and i think your an amazing women!
It’s so great that you have wonderful memories of your Nana Rosie. Nana’s are very special people in our lives. Wishing you the best Mother’s Day. Sincerely, Melody Tuli Oh Baby dotcom
Hi Rosie! This is such a sweet thing for you to write about your nana. I feel the same about mine. I’ve been watching your show non stop and I just wanted to stop by and say thank you for sharing your story with IVF. I have PCOS and we have been trying for 18 months to conceive our second child. While we are not quite at IVF (not really in our budget), we’re looking at IUI next month. I’m sending lots of good luck your way and want to wish you a happy mother’s day.
Dear Rosie, My mothers’ name was Rosemary. Hearing and reading your name is a sweet reminder. Of course I’ve read your blog about Nana and your son’s chocolate smile. Yes! All very dear. I wanted to find a way to tell you how I was looking around for a peek into a different kind of reality show and found yours. Believe me. I come from a world so vastly different from yours, I was of course curious, and sure that I would scoff at the situations you realize yourself in. The woman and families who engage you are incredibly lucky. You are astute, pragmatic, and loving. I’ve only had the opportunity to watch one ‘Pregnant in Heels’, though should anyone I know have a call for a specialist such as yourself, you are the one. There really is a call for a great exploratory piece for a major journal or tele-journal. You are a treasure, and hopefully you won’t be smothered with too many needy mother’s to be. Since you are a rarity, I doubt you could train someone into your ind of expertise. Though maybe. Brilliant. I’ll keep my hopes active that your family grows. And thank you. You’ve opened my jaded new yorker’s eyes open to the possibility that behind the shine and show, there is a true heart working for the babies and children.
At this current time in my life, my husband and I are trying our best to conceive and being a 29 year old female it gets pretty frustrating at times. But since watching you and seeing how up spritted you are, how full of life and hope you always have after all you go thru, you have realy inspired me to hang in there and keep my head held high. Me and my husband are in the military and both served of in Iraq. So finaly being able to just “be together” and be a family is so great to us. So when we decided to have a family and found out it would be vertually impossible with out the help of medicine was really hurtful and almost made me feel “less of a woman”. Thank you so very much for just being you. For allowing people into your personal life and seeing the difficult side of your conceiving process. Because without being able to see how well you keep it together and hold your head high reagaurdless the out come, I do not think I would have been able to go through all of my ups and downs. By no means am I a “millionaire mommie” but when I do have a child… he or she will def be loved like they were worth a million bucks! Can’t wait to be able to share chocolate covered smiles with my little one! Again…A million thank yous in the world!!
Hi Rosie. The memories you wrote about are wonderful. I love your show on Bravo. I am blessed with 2 children – a boy and a girl. I had trouble conceiving both, and they are my world. Mother’s Day is difficult for me because I lost my mom two and a half years ago to pancreatic cancer. Her diagnosis was so unexpected, as she was the healthiest and most alive person I knew. My mom brought so much to my life and that of my kids. I miss her for myself and for the kids. On Mother’s Day, we released balloons in my mom’s memory. It was very peaceful watching the balloons float up into the clouds on a warm Spring day. I have a blog in memory of my mom, to help others who have lost a parent, and to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer. Thank you for sharing your memories.
What’s up, I read your blog like every week.
Your story-telling style is awesome, keep doing what you’re doing!