My Sweet Mama

Abraham Lincoln said, "All that I am, I owe to my dear mother"  (or something like that!).  My mum taught me many things.  She taught me:  to sew, to clean, to sing, to play the piano, to cook, to treat my husband like a king, to be compassionate, to be honest, to cry, to laugh, and to be a "lady".  She was so adorable yet so fierce.  

I was born after three boys with seven years between me and my next sibling.  Of course I was my mom's favorite.  She was a true mother bear who defended her children no matter what.  Don't get in Norma's way.  She loved her children and grandchildren.  She loved the underdog.

I loved the weekly breadmaking she did.  She would make me deliver bread to the widows and  widowers in our neighborhood...even though I hated it.  She gave perms to the neighbor ladies. It seemed she could do anything.

I could list thousands of things about her.  I could tell hundreds of memories.  But, I just wanted to scratch the surface and include my mother in my list of the people I "like".  You would have liked her too...I'm sure of it.