After months of illness mom has passed. We gave her our all, we sat bedside we joked when she was able, we wept when she was not. She gave us a ride through life, through the ups and downs, the good the bad and even the ugly. Mom, what could one say, rock candy in a glass on the counter, raw cheesecake, licorice gravy, krischicki, bomb, black bread and keilbasa, tapioca with peaches, crackle. Learning to make jelly and jam and apple butter! Potato pancakes, stuffed cabbage, chicken and rice
Learning to knit and crochet' from her hands, brushing her hair.
Bologne on the walls, diaper pure in the bathroom, running through fresh paste waxed floors, hearing her weep because of that. Making tents with all the blankets in the backyard with mom, taking walks to the little store with mom, mud pies, my 'to go ti go' learning different kids songs, NO ONE ELSE KNEW! visiting the next door neighbors, her city home in Maspeth, her country home in Farmingville the stories of her old people, her parents, her ability to 'collect'! Teaching me to cook and encouraged me to do so,wait till your father gets home, nothing happened but we waited each time! LOL! Camping, fishing, apple picking, pumpkin carving, watching her learn to ride a bike, gee that was hard to watch! She decided it was not for her! Her brown thumb! Bringing home cats, telling dad we brought them home! Coffee on a Sunday morning, tea at night, her legal jobs she loved, she should have been a lawyer,
you could ask her anything while she slept, she would always say yes! mom was a card, there re many many more things to say, maybe later, right now though , I love you mom , will miss your voice on the phone, see you in awhile...
