At dark thirty in the morning
three generations
of this family's women went to work…
My 82 year old mother…my 15 year old daughter…and moi.
To help construct a Habitat for Humanity home.
With a whole slew of other women from the community.
see the whole line-up of darling homes down the street?…all community built…every nail.
Today it was all women. Sisters, grandmothers, mothers daughters…
Building hope and home for a deserving family.
When the noon whistle blew…the family who we were building for served us lunch
homemade tamales. yum.
thank you Senora Vargas!
We learned, we worked shoulder to shoulder...
We built.
Habitat for Humanity…advocating for
simple, decent
and affordable houses in every community.
Help. Build. Belong.
you won’t be sorry.
32 comments:
beautiful, inspiring and a perfect tribute to women and mothers!
Happy Mothers Day to you and yours, what a wonderful thing to do on Mother's day weekend, Kathysue
Good for you. Thank you for doing that.
How wonderful. God Bless you al for doing what you did. You have to feel so good, knowing how deeply you touched someone's elses life. Way to go!!!
Happy Mother's Day!
Joni
Fantastic..well done!!! i love your community spirit!
happy mothers day.
cheryl x
Sounds like an incredible time.
Definitely VERY inspiring! WOW you girls are rockstars! Happy Mother's Day to you and all those lovely ladies around you.
that is fantastic! and so inspiring......
happy mothers day,
erin
xxoo
Bravo!
Not only have you got a kick ass blog but your part of a kick ass bunch of amazing women! Inspiring read thanks.
Sarah.
There is NOTHING like giving back with your talents, and a multigenerational contribution makes it all that more meaningful. Bless you! And Happy Mother's Day.
xo
Kate
That's fantastic!! That kind of thing would have been perfect for me and my momma to do. Too bad she can't take her eyes off the wee one these days. ;)
Happy Mother's day to you and to your mom! :D
What an inspiring post! I know you and your mom and daughter will treasure this experience forever.
What a wonderful way to spend Mother's Day...
Happy Mother's Day, Linda. Cool that your mom, daughter, and you joined the Habitat crew. Feels good, constructive, energizing...so many nice people to be with.
Allen and I did the Habitat thing for a couple years...now we donate our energies to a migrant worker development in Dade City.
Happy Mother's Day! Great job!
So inspiring.....I know you are so proud to be involved and doing such wonderful work. Happy Mothers Day.
How inspiring!!!!
That is so fabulous of you:)
How inspiring!!!!
That is so fabulous of you:)
That's beautiful!
Bravo!!
Fantabulous Linda!!
Happy Mother's Day!
Wow! How incredible to do that together!
Those are beautiful memories to make with your family!
We both had a productive weekend ... while you were building a house for someone, I was doing the women's cancer walk!
Blessings and light to you my friend!
Go your mom! Done this myself and it is hard work. Kudos to all of you! It's such a worthwhile cause.
What a wonderful way to celebrate Mother's day...doing what we mothers do best. taking care!!!
Looks like you had a fabulous day. Thank you for reminding us all about what is most important.
xo xo
Brooke
Well, this post got me all teary. I loved that you did this. I loved that you did this with you mother and daughter. I loved that you did this on mother's day. I loved that you built this beautiful house for this deserving family- everyone should have a home. I love that they made y'all tamales.
Perfect perfection!
xxjoan
What a fabulous day and a wonderful post!
Hope you had a beautiful Mother's Day, Linda.
A fabulous way to spend the day not only with your mom and daughter, but with other moms, grandmoms and daughters. I love this idea!!!
My husband and I did this a couple of years ago. It is so rewarding.
Ms V makes her tamales the same way we do. OK I say we I think I have made 2 times in my life, more like my mom!! xo
What a fabulous time together doing something wonderful for those in need. I love that the 'girls' in your family joined the others. Such a great feeling, I know your Mother's Day was special!
xo
What a wonderful organization!! Gotta love the tropics too. .I live in Florida. I was blog hopping and came across your blog. Beautiful pictures and so much to see! I am now following your blog and hope you will stop by ours soon!
Lori
I am blown away by this accomplishment.I love the fact that mothers and grandmothers and daughters did this.Food for thought me for my next 10 years ! I went to voc tech school and took the carpentery classes. So much fun. In framing class I built a ject ski floating dock for our jet ski.
Wow , what a wonderful heartfelt way to share mothers day with the women you love! So inspiring & what lovely homes too !
How absolutely amazing and inspiring. I love that it was all women and all ages. I feel empowered just reading about it!
Well done and thank you for sharing this. I loved this post.
x Charlotta
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