This week would have been my mom’s 92nd birthday. Funny the things I remembered. Last night as we ate tomato soup for supper, I thought of one special meal of homemade tomato soup as a kid. When we grew up, a lot of moms took advantage of shortcuts to cooking. It was the all theContinue reading “Just-Right Mom”
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Mom Memories
Birding with Steve, me, Dave, and Mom. Amish Country. Ray and me at Kitchen Kettle Village. Steve and I became birders while living in a migration area near the Mississippi River. We only lived there for two years but learned so much about birds. We’ve returned there several times since then, especially in the winterContinue reading “Mom Memories”
Impossible Moments
“Come on, Mom, let’s get moving. The Y class starts in half an hour,” I called from the bathroom. I had been encouraging her to finish her coffee and pack her swimsuit for the past ten minutes with little response. I heard the chair squeak across the kitchen floor. Finally, I thought, leading her intoContinue reading “Impossible Moments”
