Today this remarkable woman would have been eighty-six, and I know that if she were alive and in good health, she’d still be:
- making me laugh
- giving me things to think about
- jumping up to dance
- telling stories
- watching the news
- getting into political arguments
- lending me good books
- reading good books
- making me cry
- wishing she could understand the TV remote
- bragging about her grandkids/great-grandkids
- dreaming she could travel to Europe again
- sewing
- missing my father
- missing her parents
- worrying about her kids
- doing a crossword puzzle
- driving me crazy
- trying to find the right picture frames
- plotting her next move
- sneaking chocolate
- balancing her checkbook to the penny
- cleaning something in her house
- especially vacuuming
- doing something nice for me
- baking biscuits
- craving seafood
- thinking
- always thinking
Born on the same day as my mother, this young Pisces:
Happy birthday, Timmy! Still love this photo and you.
And happy birthday to the other people in my life born on March 4. It’s a big day!