{"id":61706,"date":"2025-05-09T07:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=61706"},"modified":"2025-05-09T07:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:11:11","slug":"holiday-happy-mothers-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/holiday-happy-mothers-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"HOLIDAY: HAPPY MOTHER\u2019S DAY 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAPPY MOTHER\u2019S DAY 2025<\/h1>\n

I was actually made aware that it was almost Mother\u2019s Day a couple of weeks ago\u2026on Easter! That\u2019s because someone texted me a gorgeous little framed painting of purple and white flowers in a vase, as a beautiful way to wish me a Happy Holiday that day.<\/p>\n

\"Painting<\/a>

Painting by May Salkin. Photo of it by Peter Meahan.<\/p><\/div>\n

My mouth was watering over the picture, and then I realized that I wasn\u2019t familiar with the phone number from whence it came. So I examined the artwork for a possible clue to the identity of the well-wisher. And that\u2019s when I noticed the signature of the artist. And it was none other than\u2026my little mother!!! I was so proud of her all over again.<\/p>\n

Yes, in addition to being a much-published poet, May Rose Salkin was also an accomplished watercolor artist. She specialized in miniatures of flowers in pretty vases. She actually didn\u2019t even begin painting until she was fifty-two! How amazing is that<\/em>?! And she was kind enough to give them to several of both of our good friends through the years. (But I believe that most of them are in my<\/em> collection.)<\/p>\n

A couple of years ago, while working on clearing-out my cluttered guest room, I came upon a small pouch containing a bunch of her petite pix. She had given them to me on one of my later visits with her, and asked me to give them to my fave buddies for her. While I was deciding just which of those peeps actually deserved one of these precious paintings, I realized there was one person who really did<\/em> deserve them\u2014yours truly! So now I have them all in my living room; they make fun additions to the several I keep in the kitchen, especially the ones my father made into magnets.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s one fun little story about my mother\u2019s artwork, which is perfect for Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

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The little pouch that holds several of my mother’s miniature paintings; it’s still intact in my house! Photo by Karen Salkin, as is the one at the top of this article.<\/p><\/div>\n

When Maybelle finally retired from teaching high school English, she was able to spend more time painting. She\u2019d create, and then my father would put them in little frames, some of those<\/em> also unique. Since the \u2019rents lived in Brooklyn, they invested in a booth in the Spring and Summer Art Shows along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Hipsters and others would come along and \u201cooh\u201d and \u201cahh\u201d over the adorable art. And, of course, my charming and very personable little mo would love chatting with them all.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the amusing rub: If she liked<\/em> the prospective buyers, especially young couples, she\u2019d tell them to just take<\/em> a painting! No charge, of course. She wanted them to have one. And if she didn\u2019t<\/em> like someone, she\u2019d tell them that they can\u2019t buy<\/em> one! So, in other words, my parents would basically pay<\/em> to give her work away!!! I\u2019m sure my father wasn\u2019t too thrilled with that financially-inane situation, but he got as big a kick out of her as everyone<\/em> did, so he went along with it. And I\u2019m just about positive he did so very proudly.<\/p>\n

So, I thank my mystery Easter texter for reminding me of all this, just in time for Mother\u2019s Day. (Because of a bro code he sent with the pic, I later sussed-out that he\u2019s Pete, Mr. X\u2019s perennial bestie, of whom my parents were particularly fond.)<\/p>\n

Now all that\u2019s left for me to do is to wish every mother out there a very Happy Mother\u2019s Day this Sunday, from my mom and, according to her, her favorite child.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HAPPY MOTHER\u2019S DAY 2025 I was actually made aware that it was almost Mother\u2019s Day a couple of weeks ago\u2026on Easter! That\u2019s because someone texted me a gorgeous little framed painting of purple and white flowers in a vase, as a beautiful way to wish me a Happy Holiday that day. My mouth was watering<\/p>\n

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