Saturday, November 26, 2011
Mom My mom taught me so many things so it's hard to know where to start. She was a stay at home mom which was the norm in those days but good for us. We lived in the small town of Talbotville. She was always there when we came home from school. From my Mom I learned the art of gardening, a love of nature, sewing, reading and watching the Toronto Maple Leafs on TV. We watched the last game together when the Leafs won the Stanley Cup. I also learned the gift of preserving fruits and vegetables. At the time I didn't always appreciate it as I was a teen and thought it a great waste of an afternoon. It was something I used later in life many times. When my sister moved to Bermuda I had a ready and willing travel companion in Mom; she would try just about anything. We travelled through many an airport at lightning speed to catch our next flight. She loved the window seat of the plane where she could watch the cars and houses, the clouds floating by, and the patterns of the fields way down below. She really disliked using a wheelchair in the larger airports but it got us special treatments which she later appreciated after going through the big terminals of New York and Atlanta. In Bermuda we were moved to the front of a long line in customs when we visited Joan and family. We had a tradition of going up to the Bermuda lighthouse for British tea and scones, visiting the botanical gardens to see the flowers and shopping in the shops in Hamilton along the water front. Late at night after the kids were asleep, Joan and I would get out the wine and pretty soon Mom was telling us stories. I will miss my travel companion and my avid partner in shopping. Mom could shop till I dropped many a time. The last couple of years she used her walker or we would rent a wheelchair but we checked out all the stores in White Oaks Mall. They will miss us. I love you Mom.
