After we left the orthodontist office yesterday, we went to TGIFriday's...I had the Spinach dip with a side order of onion rings. Very tasty and I took the rest home for a late night dinner. I had the strawberry shortcake which was yummy but it cost $6.

** MOTHER ** "M" is for the million things she gave me, "O" means only that she's growing old, "T" is for the tears she shed to save me, "H" is for her heart of purest gold; "E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining, "R" means right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell "Mother," A word that means the world to me. Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

** Mamma, I Miss You ** Once upon a memory Someone wiped away a tear Held me close and loved me, Thank you, Mother dear.


My mom passed away 26 years ago. What I Miss Most: Talking with her about the day's ups and downs, she would always give me a hug and I never had to ask or question as to whether she loved me (even when I was giving her attitude). At the time when I was a pre-teen I thought she was being smothering.

My mother-in-law passed away a few years ago and my kids unfortunately won't have the same experiences that I had with my own Grandma many years ago...playing in the backyard with my cousins and the chickens, homecooked meals (before the microwave era), building a clubhouse on top of the backhouse's roof, eating peacans, peaches, walnuts off the trees, and watching my uncle burn barbecue on the grill with his "beer- based" sauce concoctions, and going to the corner grocery store to fetch Grandma a carton of buttermilk and Diet Rite and using the change to buy Lemon Heads, Boston Baked Beans, Now N' Laters, Abba Zabba, etc.

I wish you an affectionate and undistracted Mother's Day

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