Mother's Day (of course...)
As I looked for a picture to post on my facebook page for Mother's Day, I felt very verklempt (look it up...it's a great word that sounds so much better in Yiddish than in English). Every picture I looked at was better than the last one. This one had twinkling eyes, that one had that elfen mouth, that one had her arms in perfect "I gotcha" position. It got me to thinking when I took those pictures. So many the last few years. Every time she put on a "face", wore one of her many pairs of glasses, when we went on "field trips" to craft stores. Mom was a character for sure, wasn't she? If you didn't know her personally, I hope you know about her from seeing these pictures over the years, and reading about her. Then I started thinking about a regular topic that hits my brain often these days. My kids are "cooked" mostly...occasionally they are medium rare, but never rare anymore. Once in a while they ask questions that I w...