Temperaments
I’ve been gradually going through Mom’s saved papers. This week, I found a wonderful set of papers from a class she must have taken...
Time Changes
I love the “fall back” part of daylight savings time. An extra hour of sleep is always welcoming to my constantly exhausted, but exciting life!...
Adjustments
In these articles, I talk a lot about the changes we encounter with Mom. We have to make so many little adjustments with the...
Dad’s 90th
This weekend, my siblings came to the house and we celebrated Dad’s 90th birthday.
It’s hard for me to believe this man who still works...
Homemakers
When Mom was my age, she was a Homemaker. That capital letter was intended; she was a member of the Georgia Homemakers Council. In...
“Leet”
I think one of the most endearing things about older babies is their desire to talk They can vocalize all kinds of noises as the...
Faithfulness
One of Mom’s favorite hymns is “Great is Thy Faithfulness.” She would often sing it while doing her chores around the house. When they...
Arrived
It’s been a difficult week for our little community. Many of us are connected by blood relations and others are connected by church or...
Black Cow
On Saturday night, September 7th, as I was traveling to Mom’s for the night, I had a (hopefully) random, once in a lifetime experience....
Loss
During the week, I often consider what I’ll be writing about in Mondays with Mom. I look for things that are out of the...
Aunts
Dad grew up in Zebulon, North Carolina, with two younger sisters. My aunts, Sandra and Susanne, still live in eastern North Carolina and made...
Estate
Estate is an old word that most of us don’t use very often. It conjures up images of castles and land. Actually, we all...