Fall used to be my favorite time of the year. BUT in 2001, my Mom passed away. Just before her 73 birthday. Today is her birthday. She would be 82 today...... I am remembering her with wonderful warm feelings. Her smile. Her eyes. Her hands. (I still get to see once a year when my dear sister comes home, she has Mom's hands.) I think of all the wonderful times my children got to spend with her. It makes me alittle sad to think of what Jakoby (our youngest, he's 4) missed. I wonder if she is looking down over him..... wonder if she is liking the way the older 3 are turning out......
I wish I would have thought to ask her things... like how things were when she was young and raising children... (I am the youngest of 7 that are hers... actually the youngest of 10) What life was like? I wish I had some stuff in writing. I journal. Hopefully my kids will keep them for when I am gone, so they can look back... Most of mine are in writing. They don't even know about the blog. It's more "mine". Does anyone else look back and think of stuff like this??? I'd like to get some ideas of stuff,,, I can do and leave for my kids. (not that I plan on leaving anytime soon, hopefully) I read about a man with young girls, he wrote them letters. He was dying of cancer... some of the letters were to all three girls, some to each individually. Maybe.... I'll write them a book???
