Mothers I Have Known

We get old-fashioned snail mail in which people are asking for our money. We also have mail from the people who demand our money for goods received or for services rendered.

Either way, I am more than likely to save the back of the envelopes and to use them for my shopping lists. 

Sue has told me that this making-of-lists on the backs of envelopes is what my mother did. That memory of her doing this had never really soaked into my brain, but now that I've had a think, it does seem vaguely familiar. I only began to do this a few years ago. It's a small thing, for I have always recycled, but I now add reusing to the recycling.

Therefore, although I don't think that I learned to write lists on envelopes from her, we do seem to share the same sort of practical parsimony in our DNA. :)

I am not sure what other traits that I inherited from mom, for I seem to be more like my dad. However, she certainly did numbers better than Dad, for I remember being impressed by how well she did her budgetting sums, even when she well into her eighties. I think she even did them more efficiently than I, and I am not too shabby at that sort of thing.

So that is a bit of a nod to my mother who has been gone for 21 years already.

On this day, I also acknowledge the mother of my children who is, of course, the grandmother to Sha's kids. I made this little card for her. I have changed my tactic and just created a one-sided card. I think I might permanently move on from the folded, inside and outside cards that I have been creating for years. Besides, I can print this on good photo paper rather than card stock.

Once upon a time, and only once if I recall correctly, we went out for Mother's Day breakfast. We vowed never to do that again. However, a few days ago on a fabulous spring day, we took a shawarma to a spot by the river behind town hall. Both the day and food were delicious, and that little outing will have to suffice for now.

Meanwhile, Sha and the kids are off for a week at a Mexican resort, but Danica dropped by on Friday with a little gift for Grandma: s necklace and a prepaid coffee card. 

Yesterday, Sha and JJ stopped with two gorgeous, potted guinea impatiens for the garden.