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What was/is your Mom like?
Do you look at your mom as a person and not just your Mom? Sometimes it is hard to do that, or we don’t do that until we have kids of our own and then start looking at our mothers differently. Our question today is what is/was your mom like? Here is a picture of our mom. She would hate that we are using this picture but it is a favorite of ours. My Mom. You know, she died just before I turned 30 and I have spent a LOT of time since then thinking about her, thinking about what she might have been thinking and thinking of what it…
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Have you ever spent the night in a train sleeper car?
Trains.Some of us use them to commute to work.Some for travel.Our question this week is – have you ever stayed in a train sleeper car? Yes. Yes I have. When I was little and residing in Massachusetts, my mom’s family lived just outside of Philadelphia. Because my mom did not have her license, if we wanted to go visit without my Dad, we would take the train. My Dad would always buy us a little private room and we would travel at night. I can remember one trip in particular. I had to use the toilet which was just next to the door and with perfect timing, the conductor came…
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Who is the most famous person you have ever met?
Famous people intrigue me and with social media it is easy to talk yourself into thinking you know the person you are following. But they are presenting their A-game all the time and you really do not have a full picture of who that person really is. This week we are asking the question, who is the most famous person you have ever met? And a subsequent question might be – how did that turn out for you? I’ve met several famous people over the years but the one that I keep coming back to when thinking about this question is one I met recently, well within the last decade…
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What decade of life have you most enjoyed?
Decades of a century.Decades of a personal life.We are talking about decades this week and more specifically, which decade of life have you most enjoyed?Let’s see what Pam and Ellen have picked. Funny thing is that as I reflect back on the different decades of my personal life, I am also thinking about how the decade of that particular century influenced my life too. There are lots of words rambling about in my noggin regarding each set of years but rather than get philosophical on this question, I will save all those thoughts for a different post. Instead, I will focus on the century decade of the 1980’s which aligned…
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Tell us about your favorite dish that your Mom made.
People sitting around a table sharing meals together – moments we all can remember from some point in our lives. But here we are going to be focusing on the meals your Mom made and asking the question – did you have a favorite dish of hers? It is funny to me as I look back over the years eating my Moms cooking. One thing stands out – I don’t remember much of it. What I do remember is the hours we sat down together around the table in her kitchen – her with the ever-present cup of coffee, me with a Tab. (now that is a blast from the…
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One of my mom’s strongest characteristics was?
Thinking on your mother’s characteristics – can you single out one that you think was her strongest? Click below to see how close Ellen and Pam came on theirs. I thought and thought about this and finally decided that I would talk about how loving she was. Here are some of the little details that I can remember: I can still feel her hands as she stroked my hair or brushed it. Cozying up next to her on the couch to have her read a book to me or both of reading our own books as I got older. Feeling her hand on my shoulder as she leaned over…
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Have you had a life event that changed you forever?
Click our names below to find out what we think ours are. Do you think you have? Scroll down to the comments section and leave us your story. We’d love to hear from you. I think that life events change you, that is what they are supposed to do. To mold you into the human you are today. We all have different events that change us in little ways – births/deaths, marriages/partnerships, divorces/breakups, job losses/gains and on and on. But I did not have to contemplate this question – the one event that I feel changed me forever was the loss of my Mom. I saw an article recently from…