La Sacra Bibbia Ossia L’ANTICO E IL NUOVO TESTAMENTO My Mother loved finding new churches to visit and she loved learning languages! Going through the few books of hers, that I own, I opened this Bible, initially assuming it was in Spanish, until I took another look. This is a Bible she was given...
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Family on the Day of Mother’s Memorial Service I believe most of these pictures were taken by Kate. This was the day of my Mother’s memorial service, January 6, 2013. The pictures have sat in a photo file for years, literally, as this is not a day I wanted to revisit; however, they...
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Happy New Year There are very few things that my Mother managed to hold on to, in her life, for more than fifty years; thus this post card is of special intrigue to me and perhaps you. I imagine that the reason my Mother kept the card was because of the vista,...
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Smiley Jesus “God moves in mysteries ways.” That is what a man told me tonight, as I handed him and his two friends a: Little Bag of Hope.” They had been standing on the corner of 3rd and Pacific discussing where they could get something to eat tonight. ~ Transcribed from one...
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Giving Thanks and Stuffing When I was in eighth grade, we were living in Hawaii, and I came home from school, inspired by my Home Economics teacher: I asked my Mother if I could cook Thanksgiving and if we could have duck, instead of turkey. My Mother, God bless her, said...
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Vamos Todos a Leer Cartilla In oh so many ways, I am my Mother’s daughter. I was going through some of my Mother’s books, and I ran across this booklet, that I remember her using to teach various people Spanish, since I was a child. I soon decided that I should share...
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How Can I Say Thank You Marigold? This week, my Uncle Gary, suggested that I should become friends with Marigold. It was a fine suggestion, but thankfully Marigold is already in my life. I inherited the privilege of her friendship, through my Mother. A few days ago, I received a private message,...
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With Limited Tools Quotes by Dr. Maria Montessori From: The Secret of Childhood These two booklets were put together by Mother, in 1985, when she was working for a very pioneering Montessori program, in Los Angeles. When she got the job, which consisted of her setting up and supervising home based...
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Rainbow “Somewhere beyond the clouds, behind the rain, there are a thousand rainbows. One is finding its way to you.” Slipped into a Thank You card was this page, from a desk calendar, dated Tuesday, April 3, 2001. Recently, when I came across this page, I read it several times, thinking it did...
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Special Greetings Recently, I received this lovely card, in the mail. It was from one of my Mother’s dearest and long term friends. First, I loved that she dated the card! Please, date everything – historians of the future will thank you! I also loved that she addressed to...
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