Sunday, May 10, 2009

They Are Queens

We all have one, even if we are not one. A mother.

Some of our mothers are still living, and some of them are not.

Some of us are young mothers, or middle age mothers, or grandmothers. Some of us are step mothers.

Everyday is mothers day, but today it is designated as such so we can make a little extra fuss for our mothers.

So wishing all the mothers out there a very Happy Mothers Day.

These images are from this fabulous book "Crowns" by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry, forward by Maya Angelou.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah, I know this beautiful book. I bought it for a friend a few years back. Love it. Such a nice choice for your Mother's Day salute:)

Kwana said...

Thanks so much. It looks like a beautiful book. I hope you enjoyed the day. I saw quite a few beautiful crowns at church today.

Renae Moore said...

Such a lovely tribute....
Blessings...

cotedetexas said...

I've never seen this book before - but it looks wonderful!!! Thanks for the tip.

Renée Finberg said...

excellent !

i will check it out.
...i have often wondered about the culture of 'black woman and their church hats.'

xx

Anonymous said...

Such beautiful ladies with beautiful hats. I wish more ladies wore hats!

Tricia - Avolli

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

Lord, I do wish white women weren't so timid about their hats! These are simply glorious!!

Hill Country House Girl said...

What a wonderful post and book! The photographs you used for this post are beautiful and soulful.My favorite is the first one with the older woman and the young girl - precious.

Joyce said...

Wonderful photos. thanks for sharing.
Joyce

home before dark said...

I love this book. I keep it on display in my living room book table. The woman on the cover reminds me you can be a warrior but you can still wear a great hat. My husband's mother had picture of herself taken each year to show off that year's birthday hat. Cool, huh?