I didn't really have time to download any other pics...so sorry, these have already been posted!
Well......today I went over to a friends house to get something. This friend, is recently expecting, and her mom was here to spend a week helping prepare the nursey and decorate things in preparation for the baby. It was fun to see them sewing their brains out with blankets, and bumpers, and everything else. It made me happy. then it made me sad. Really.....It just made me long for my mom......
Normally.....I do okay. I don't linger on and on and wallow in the sadness. but I have found the more years go by....the harder it is....
I am sorry for you readers, who continue to read these posts about my parents. But that is life! It's my blog....and I get to write what I want! :)
Anyway....Yesterda was my mom's birthday. So, I just wanted to wish her a
Happy Birthday!
What I wanted to do, is ask for those of you readers who knew my mom..... to leave a comment....and tell me a random memory you may have of her. I anticipate comments about her laughter, or her Chapstick hiding place......so please share! I'm anxious to hear how others knew her:)
Thanks for the memories in advance!
6 comments:
I remember your mom as the "cheerleader" for everything we did...even as far back as concerts in Middle School in Mrs. Flores' music class....your mom was at every one of them. She loved to watch you sing and play the piano. Imagine the bad notes, silly choreography, and many hours she endured...but she loved all of it...or at least made us believe she did. :) She was very proud of her kids!
I also remember her being the one to answer the phone at the bus barn when I would call with some drama or because I was fighting with my sister and I needed to speak to my mom IMMEDIATELY because life was soooo hard in high school....and your mom would tell me to basically to get a grip!!! I loved her honesty! :)
When Aunt Delight died I headed up from Tucson for the funeral. When it came time to leave I went to Aunt Sis (your mom) to say goodbye properly: on my knees. When Cousin Norm (we're both around 6'8") saw me hugging your mom on my knees he came up to the other side of her on his knees. She laughed and put her arms around our shoulders saying, "I love my nephews." Norm and I looked each other in the eye, smiled, and stood up. There was your mom hanging from our shoulders with her feet way off the ground and laughing her head off. That's my favorite memory of your mom!
First of all, I LOVE your posts about your parents. I love them and miss them so much. I don’t think there are many weeks that go by that I don’t think about your mom for one reason or the other.
I really can’t say that I have ONE favorite memory of her. But I have 100s of good ones. Many projects that our moms worked on together from floats, quilts, and other crazy things that they managed to come up with. I loved how they seemed so good at agreeing to disagree yet still wanted to know what the other thought. I remember taking a last minute trip to Show Low to get napkins for a float and was surprised how fast we got there, your mom was driving. I remember spending many nights at your house, I remember going with you and your parents to the Hot Air Balloon Festival in NM, that was a fun time. I do remember the chap stick hiding place, and her laugh the was far louder than anyone else, or she would laugh when no one else was but when you heard it you couldn’t help but laugh.
I will always remember the strength of both of their testimonies. When your dad was so sick and had been for awhile he was so small and so weak but he came to church on a fast Sunday and I remember him walking up to the stand to share his testimony. I think the walk up there was a major physical test, but he was there and he wanted everyone to know he had a testimony. I will always remember your moms limp, I can’t imagine how much pain she was in but she continued to serve and work so hard.
I love them and miss them too. I hope that she had a good birthday with your dad.
I love you too, and am so happy that you are part of these memories too
HAHAHAHA. I just laugh at the "get a grip!" that was mom. had a way, a different way, with everyone. she was so cool that way.
Aaron says, "I loved her hugs."
I could say ditto.
Also, just a few days ago I was thinking of how I always looked up to her for her intelligence. I loved that she was a SAHM (for many years) who loved baseball and playing Nertz but you'd find books laying around the house about The Cold War or other world events and she could actually have a conversation about current political events. I must say I never got her obsession with Louis La'Mour but that's ok. :) I LOVE your parents. I look forward to seeing them again, almost as much as my own Dad. I KNOW they are busy doing the Lord's work along with Dad, Granny & Grampy and her parents. What a wonderful reunion it will be for us all someday.
Man you always seem to make me cry.
Memories.... there are too many to name. I wlll say one that sticks out in my mind was sitting on the front porch and her making me promise to have your wedding reception in Eagar. She was going to leave a list for announcements. Of course I promised because there was nothing else I could do. Now I get to live with the fact that you wouldn't let me keep that promise. I can hear her swearing at you one more time. : ) (Did she really think we would have that much say in what you did? We never did before.)
She was the best. I miss tons about her.
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