Happy 80th Birthday Mom! It's been 15 years since you've been gone but I think of you every day. When people ask me to describe my mother, a lot of adjectives come to mind:
Beautiful;
Mother of 7, including two sets of twins;
Artistic;
Fabulous singer;
Funny;
Goofy;
Eclectic;
Loved her children equally and without judgment;
Roller-skated to work;
Educated;
Petey the dog and Anatole the cat;
Clutter;
Able to do 1,000 things with a wire hanger;
Potato candy;
Sky diver;
Hair dye;
Grasshoppers and Mickeys beer;
Crazy Christmas tree;
Mandarin orange at the end of my Christmas stocking;
Missed like crazy!
I could go on and on. Thanks for watching over me - I can still feel your presence and I'm proud to say you were my Mom!! I love you!!!
Thanks Alicia!!! also the wet wash rag in the plastic bag for trips. I know we got our ability to dream from mom!! I miss her so much, and hope she would be proud of the life I built!! aaahhhh grasshoppers.. I miss those, and the cookie dough she thought she could hide from us as kids in the freezer in the garage.. like yeah right!!!xoxoxo Eilene
ReplyDeleteI love you Alicia, this was nicely done!!
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