Laughter & Noise
There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.
mother
Hot Dish
It’s not so bad if you don’t think of it as pizza, she said. Just think of it as another one of Mom’s scary hot dishes.
Hindsight (mother)
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Children & Parenting Family & Relatives Mother's Day
I didn’t listen to her because she was my mother & wouldn’t know anything until I was much older.
Generations
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Condolence & Loss Death Family & Relatives
It came on her without thinking that she was the exact age as her mother was & no matter what, it would have been hard to leave & suddenly all the generations gathered around her in that small kitchen & held her close & they would have blocked the light if they had not come … [Read More]
Butterflies
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Condolence & Loss Death
He told me that the night his mother died, there were storms & far away there was purple lightning & someone left the window open & the room filled with a swirl of butterflies & she slipped out quietly without anyone noticing & I’m sure the grief was softer because of that.
A to Z
1st Story (on all versions): My mother always told me to finish what I started, but she had no idea of some of the people I’d be dealing with. 2nd Story (only on sculpture with block) called Obvious Mistake: Some of the stuff I learned early on was useful, she told me, but most of … [Read More]