We’ve all dealt with vermin in our home. Doesn’t matter if it’s mice, roaches, ants, flies, etc. Whatever finds its way into our house, we are determined for them to leave only one way, dead. Once while my parents were living in Boyd, they were infested with possums. I was there visiting one weekend. It […]
Category: memories
Normally I have lunch with my mother on Tuesdays. Not every Tuesday. But maybe two or three Tuesdays a month. I started taking care of her bills last year. They seemed to be getting away from her. So she and I decided that I would take over that duty. It’s just one less thing that […]
My father passed away in early August of 1997. So when Thanksgiving rolled around the pain was still fresh and raw. My mom really needed her grandchildren that first holiday after he left us. My sister and her family lived in Oregon. So my mother flew there to spend that holiday with my sister’s family. I […]
It’s hard to picture your mother as a young girl. Especially when you both have reached an age where the roles reversal begins. But yes my mother was once a girl, even a teenage girl. She came of age in the late 50’s. She graduated high school in the Spring of 1959. I’ve seen her […]
I recently told a story about my mother and her grandfather. When she told me that story, she told me a couple of other ones. I am guessing that this is all she has since she was only about four years old when her grandfather passed away. My great grandfather and his brother immigrated from […]
I never had children of my own. It use to bother me when I was in my 30’s. Once I reached my 40’s I put it behind me. My life has been full of children. Nieces, nephews, cousins, etc. I come from a rather large family on my mother’s side. For a while every time […]
My Dad had a pocket knife that he always kept with him. I wish I knew where he got it, but I don’t. Its one of those questions that will never have an answer. The handle was made of bone and I remember him always sharpening it. He often said a knife was of no […]
I passed a car on the freeway the other day that had three snowboards attached to the rear of the vehicle. I thought, “How nice to be going on a winter vacation to the snow!” Yes it always sounds like fun. But it doesn’t always turn out that way. The first time I went sking […]
Several weeks ago my mother gave me two suitcases filled with pictures and other items. I was excited to get them and couldn’t wait to go thru them. After bringing them into the house and just opening the lids and peeking in, I was a little overwhelmed. Judging from the pictures in each suitcase I […]