Motherhood Hodgepodge Wednesday

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1. Share something you appreciate (or something you appreciated as you were growing up) about your mother.

One of my favorite pics of my mom and dad

Both are now with the Lord.

One thing I learned to appreciate about my mom was that she always made good food and made it look so pretty on the table. She also made sure we got to go swimming at the lake after chores, something that I suspect was her idea, rather than my dad's. Although he was a lot of fun and had a great sense of humor, he would probably have been happy to stay home and read - or watch a western on TV.


2.  A quote most commonly ascribed to Plato reads "Necessity is the mother of invention." When did this last play out in your own experience?


I can't tell you how many times this plays out in my life. I have a knack for using things for tasks for which they never were designed. Don't ask me what right now, because I can't think of a single example at the moment, but no kidding.  Sometimes it's just the lazy route. AND, both Mr. Cranberry and I are cursed with the ability to look at almost anything and think, 'Hey! This would make a great...!"


  3. Share one of the earliest memories you have from childhood.


One of my earliest memories is of the dark and stormy night when I woke up from a nap because I heard someone call my name, like a few times in a row. I don't know where my parents or brothers were, probably in the barn, but I've never forgotten that scary moment.   I had already learned about Samuel in the Bible, so I was kinda expecting something more Biblical than simply my brothers coming back to the house and the mysterious moment evaporating.

4. When did you last 'hit the mother lode'? What was it?


I'd say it was recently when Mr. Cranberry brought home a box of dishes he'd found on an abandoned demo site. I'm thinking he should load the mother load into the truck and take it to the landfill. Actually, I did keep a few, but not everything is a treasure, trust me. And it's not like Mother Hubbard's Cupboard is bare!

And I might not be so ungrateful if he'd not tossed three rubber rats at me - that he also found there. Scared me to DEATH!

  5. What is/was your favorite dish mom made? Do you make that dish for your family/friends now that you're all grown up?


My mom made a chicken/broccoli casserole that I loved. And I used to make it a lot too, until I realized that the poison in the cream of chicken or nacho cheese soup was giving me fierce headaches. It had those crunchy fried onion rings in it too. Yummy, yummy poison. OH, and she also made caramel rolls every Saturday morning. I think some people call them 'sticky buns.' They were SO delicious. I definitely had my share. And I'm pretty sure the whole batch was gone by evening, or at least by Sunday evening. With six of us in the house, I don't think they lasted long.

6. Mother May I? was at one time a popular children's game. It required no equipment or parts to play. What was your favorite childhood game where you could just turn up and play-no gear needed?


I'm thinking it was 'starlight moonlight,' which we played at night, obviously. Unless I have this confused with another game, it was like hide and seek, only you played it in the  backyard at night with the yard light pole as 'goal.'

'Starlight, moonlight

First star I see tonight

I wish I may

I wish I might

Have the wish I wish tonight.'

Hmmm. That doesn't sound like a hide and seek game, does it. Oh well. Okay, let's go with 

Red Rover Red Rover Let Judy Come Over

That was a great game. Lots of fun, lots of exercise, very physical, and probably is outlawed today.

7. Which TV mom (past or present) is your favorite, and why?

 

 Margaretta Scott

1912-2005

I don't think George Gently, Endeavour Morse, Hercule Poirot or Albert Campion ever had a mother, so I'll go with Lord Peter Wimsey's mother. Loved her in that role and also in the role of Mrs. Pomfrey in 'All Creatures Great and Small.' If you don't know her, you need to become acquainted with her movies.  (I couldn't think of any TV moms I liked when I was a kid. I didn't like moms. I liked cowboys.)

  8.  Insert your own random thought here.

Motherhood - it's totally worth it.

But there are moments.

THE GRANDS


I thank God for our children AND our grandchildren every day.

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Have a great Wednesday!