I had a blog already done for today with lots of pictures and sad words, and after all the hours of work I put into it, I deleted it.  Linda had literally once again talked herself into believing that her mother’s absence was the cause of her past unhappy life.

 

Of course it's not easy living without a mother, but to blame a poor woman who died way too early was wrong.  So there will be no Hitchcock childhood tales of woe from me today, as this is exactly the…

The world is abuzz that Duchess Kate spoke…

                                          * Mom & Dad (right) with friends at one of their favorite places

Part 3

Recently I found myself re-reading some of my mother's writing done in the days before Alzheimer's took over. Today's entry in Words of My Mother reminds me of our…

The sun is shining, the traffic is light and the moon roof is open while I listen to Tom Petty’s latest as I cruise the levee road making my way to visit Mom. My mind wanders back to moments Mom and I have shared over the years.…

A few months ago I went to an estate sale that was simply out of this world. Everything was pre-1960 and I was just like a kid in a candy store. I scored a large box of vintage patterns, hats and purses that I guarded with my life. A green hand crochet bag caught my eye because my grandmother had carried the very same style for years. When I opened it, there inside was a hand coloured photograph of a woman that was signed,

                                               “Forever yours,…

A few months ago I went to an estate sale that was simply out of this world. Everything was pre-1960 and I was just like a kid in a candy store. I scored a large box of vintage patterns, hats and purses that I guarded with my life. A green hand crochet bag caught my eye because my grandmother had carried the very same style for years. When I opened it, there inside was a hand coloured photograph of a woman that was signed,

                                               “Forever yours,…

Today is Mother’s Day in Thailand so I added a little story about just how powerful the love of a mother can be. May we all be so blessed.

After the divorce, her teenage daughter became increasingly rebellious.

It culminated late one night when the police called to tell her that she had to come to the police station to pick up her daughter, who was arrested for drunk driving.

They didn’t speak until the next…