Hey A, One of the things I miss the most about Mom, was that she tried to always think of others before herself.  This seemed like such a revelation to me, and a great lesson for all of us kids. And, she taught us in such a powerful way — By Example!– She didn’t preach, or yell unless we were being really reckless, or Silly (she used this word instead of “stupid” ) 🙂 always was forgiving, gentle, patient, and never, never ran out of hugs! 🙂
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Oh, she did spank me a few times, but only when I really really needed it. Like when I painted a yellow stripe down our white cats back, I blamed the cartoons. It was all there, the cat, the can of paint, the brush…  I just reached out, grabbed the cat and the paint brush. I sure hope that paint was water soluble!
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Goddess I miss her and the way she smelled, it is starting to fade from her favorite sweater 🙁 I used to snuggle with it all the time…. Dad knows he is not allowed to wash any of her old clothes!… Hey, how do you “save” a smell? * I’m remembering all the time she spent in the kitchen, her cooking was not great, but it was familiar to our tongues, and satisfied us… I remember her seeming to always be humming when she was happy. And she did this all the time in the kitchen, humming and cooking. 🙂 Dad, is not as good a cook as Mom. he does not know how to use the spices. Maybe we could learn this together?  I do think it would be fun for us to experiment with them, and surely we would make some mistakes. But we would be making them together!  Maybe we will eat even the oddities we sometimes make.
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* I do remember M once saving a fart in a jar and I did not know this was even possible!.. He released it in my bedroom, so gross! ha,ha, ha… Maybe I will do this to him the next time he is visiting. Oh! I will tell his kids… revenge is sweet and this time, smelly! Once kids of a certain age learn a thing like this, they will never forget!
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Sending you some love, hugs, a smile, thanks, and maybe a few nostalgic tears! – Iris