Day: May 7, 2021

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Mom, Queen O’ Power-naps

Mom has always been a superb napper when she’s had time to do nothing for a few minutes. Here she is at our house in 2014, napping with Roxy and Skitter. If I remember correctly, she had been binge-watching BLUE BLOODS that whole day, and we all know how exhausting that sort of thing can be. When filing photographs, I’ve noticed that I have a bunch of pix of Mom in full nap mode. When Mom visited us in Delta or here in Centerville, it was somehow a huge happiness for me to see her sleep as I puttered around the house. I’m sad our sleepovers are in the past now.

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Mother’s Day Approaches

Here’s a photo of Mom eating a sandwich while sitting on her sofa, back in August of 2017—weeks after breaking her hip. Mom has always been a good sport about donning the neckwear I hand her for what she calls “our tie pictures.” This lavender Bow Tie o’ the Day was privileged to spend some time with her that day. You’re probably saying to yourself, “Why the gosh are you showing us a snapshot of your mother with her eyes closed?” Go ahead—ask Mom, and she’ll be the first one to tell you that one of her claims to fame is that she has somehow managed to unwittingly close her eyes in most of the photos taken of her throughout the 90 years of her life. Actually seeing Mom’s gorgeous, ice-blue eyes in a photo is, indeed, a rare thing.