My mom made the most delicious chocolate cakes that I have ever tasted! My sisters and I have never been able to duplicate it! Her favorite saying was "There's no excuse for nastiness. Water is free and soap is cheap!" Of course, that is far from true now, but the concept still applies. I remember the tenderness and compassion she showed for the sick or injured and her readiness to help wherever she was needed. After over 25 years, I still miss her!

1.I had tried out for color guard and I was the only one that didn't make it. Mom made me go to school the next day when all I wanted to do was stay home and cry. Well we were barely into 1st period when II was called to the office, there standing in the office was Mom, she checked me out. When we got in the car, she said she knew how bad I was hurting and that I had faced the other kids at school, so I could come home and cry it out.

2. I got invited on my first date and it was to the opera. We were going with his parents. and I needed a long dress. Mom sewed like a pro. In one day she made me a beautiful long dress with a matching shawl. I felt beautiful.

3. The look on her face when she saw Sam for the first time. He was 2 days old. And then she proceeded to to "hog" him the whole time they were there.

1. My Mom's favorite saying "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything." I still try to live by that.

2. My Mom standing on table with a big broom and bigger scream,swatting at a crab on our porch. I can't see a crab today without smiling.

3. The love she had for her children. I wish she could have lived to be with her grandchildren. She met the first one,and passed just before the second one was born.

Here's one:

I was about eight. I had been very sick -- so sick I was in my mother's bed so she could catch a rise in fever at night. My spirits were very low.

One morning my mother woke me with a breakfast tray of toast and tea. The teacup was upside down over the saucer. When I lifted the cup, there was a fledgling robin looking at me with his bright little eyes! Mom had found him, stunned, in our back yard. The robin and I had a few seconds to stare at one another before he revived and started to fly around the bedroom. Mom opened the door to the deck above the screened porch, and out he went.

Things happen, and then...life goes on.

My mom has been gone for 17 years and I still miss her terribly. But I do have my memories.
1.) Many hands make light work. In fact, we just got back from my sister's house helping her clean up the place to get ready for graduation. We will go there again next weekend. The weekend of the grad party, we all plan to do something. My sister's husband recently died and as you can imagine, she is overwhelmed.
2.) Remember to keep the faith and hope always. You might think the situation is helpless but she taught me it usually gets better (or you learn to appreciate your struggles.)
3.) Remember to have some fun. That's a good reminder for all of us.

My mom loved the hymn In The Garden, too.
Lots of memories of my mom.....she died when I was 29.
I remember her braiding my hair so tight every morning.....and the dresses she made. And the lunches she packed everyday.
I remember her putting her cool hand on my forehead and turning over the pillow when I was sick.
I remember her always working in her garden. She grew beautiful flowers, even in hot, dry Bakersfield.
And the cookies......and the canning in the summer with her apron on and sweat on her brow.
Sorry....but I couldn't just write down three.

My mom died in 1976 and I still miss her. Everyone came to my mom for advice. She knew no strangers. She loved people and animals.

Mom loved crafting. She would love this computer age and all of the ideas out there.

Many evenings my dad would ask Mom if "Dolly's Diner" was open....meaning he would like a snack and she would make something for us.