Hodgepodging for Mother's Day

My lovely mom at 18 years of age
(Right. She wasn't my mom then.)

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1. What's a phrase your mother often said to you? If you're a parent, is this something you now say to your own children?

There are two I can think of:

a.  Don't slam the door!
b. Go find something to do or I'll find work for you to do.

And yes, I also said those to our own children, although I know I changed the second one slightly, to: 'Go find something constructive to do.'


2. What is a scent you associate with your mother or your childhood home?

a. Bacon
b. Saturday morning caramel rolls
c. Fresh-mown hay

3. What's an activity you remember always doing with your mother (or someone who was a mother figure in your life)?


I don't actually remember doing many things with my mother. We tended to do our work separately. It was divided up and everyone took care of their own job. I worked in the garden or dusted furniture or set the table or did the dishes. Mom was doing other stuff.

We went to church together, went clothes shopping (which I detested) together, my mom making me try on clothes I hated. I always told her, 'I will know it [item of clothing I want] when I see it.' Unfortunately, I never saw it, but she kept trying. I know it must have been frustrating for her; it certainly was for me. I still hate clothes shopping. And, I will still 'know it when I see it.' I rarely see it.

Oh yes, there was swimming at the lake after the chores were done (milking and haying) on summer evenings. We all loved to go swimming and get a root beer at the root beer stand! Mom also loved picnics, and to this day I love picnics, even if it means just taking a sandwich outdoors on a blanket spread on the yard.

 Oops, not that one.

 Yeah, that's more like it.

4. Flared jeans, maxi dresses, and jumpsuits are 70's fashion trends back this spring. Are you on board? Which trend would you be most inclined to try? For the men...flared corduroys, wide-collared shirts, and floral prints...what say you? 

 This is an absolutely horrid thought. I hope you're not serious.

 My cute dad, left

My cute mom, victim of horrid fashion in clothing and hair

when she was 19

A friend of the family, right

5. May 6th is Teacher Appreciation Day and also Nurse Appreciation Day. Is there a nurse or teacher  you have especially appreciated along the way? Tell us why?

I don't think I appreciated any teacher at the time, but looking back, I appreciate my fifth grade teacher who, at my parents' first parent-teacher conference, gave my mom a set of multiplication flash cards and said, 'Take these home. Make her memorize them.'  She did, and I did. I am so grateful for that teacher.  If that teacher hadn't insisted that I memorize the multiplication tables, I might still be trying to figure out WHY  7x8=56.  Some things just need to be memorized. It makes life a lot easier.

6. If I came by your house, what would I find on your frig door?

You would find a ton of family photos and magnets from various places - and lots of fingerprints.

7. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana made her royal entrance on Saturday, May 2nd. On a scale of 1-10, how much attention did you give to all the news coverage? 1=Who's Charlotte? 10=sat glued to the telly, cuppa in hand.

My interest was about 9, but my patience is sitting around waiting was 0, so no, I didn't stay glued to the TV.  I still like the name Alexandra better, but they didn't ask me.  Kate looked way too good to have just given birth, but I can forgive her. I guess. Besides, she has handlers. Real people don't.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

My introduction to motherhood
Mr. C., Me, Our Firstborn

(approximately a hundred years ago)

Mr. C. just saw this photo and said,
'What were we, about 14??'

Yeah, it's scary, isn't it!


Happy Mother's Day
 to all the wonderful moms out there!

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