Browsing in antique and old collectible shops is a special treat for me.
Can’t afford to buy a wonderful antique chest or table, but I get such joy finding less expensive items; an old watering can, a tin crayon box, old vintage buttons, and old books. I love old books, especially children’s books.
On one of my browsing trips I found a church hymnal, old and worn, with many pages falling out. It cost two dollars. I bought it because one of the pages that fell out was the old hymn “Jesus Loves Me”.
When my now grown, awesome son, was small I rocked him and sang this song to him. If he was sick, hurt, sad, or sometimes just tired, this song was magic to him. Many times he would look up at me and say “sing Jesus Loves Me”.
I love the memory of this song so much that I decided to take the old page and frame it!
I love the way it turned out. Using a black double mat brought out the discoloration of the page that age brings.
It is hanging on a wall that I pass many times during the day. What joy I receive from the memory it brings to me!
With Mother’s Day in two weeks, this is a gift to myself.
I thank God for letting me be a mother!