It's Monday morning again, people.
And guess what?
The world around me is covered in snow.
Again.
What is with
all the snow this year?
It just can't stay away. Does it have a crush on my hometown or something? We just can't seem to go a couple of days without snow. Even if it's just a dusting. I am thinking maybe the snow has gotten off course, lost its way. Maybe it thinks we are the Northeast. Or Canada. Maybe it thinks we are Canada---because Canada is having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave (think Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye).
And what a time to have unseasonably warm weather! When you are hosting the Winter Olympics.
Not good.
Did you have a good Valentine's Day yesterday?
We did. My whole family had lunch at my parents' house. Mama cooked the big meal like she always does and we ate it like we'd never be offered food again in our lives. My mom made this cake that she has made for many, many Valentine's Days. It's a big heart shaped cake with white icing, the heart outlined in red and it just says "I love you" on the cake. There's a picture of me and my brothers with one of those cakes years ago---I was probably about 10, which would make them 13 and 6. So yesterday we made another one of the three of us and the cake...only my dad didn't tell us when he was taking the picture. We thought he was still messing with the camera, so we're not really smiling, just standing there. Oh well.
I love getting together with my family. And not just my immediate family like yesterday, but both sides of my extended family. My parents both came from large families. My mom is #7 of 9 children and my dad is #6 of 6. So we have a lot of family. And both families are from here in Tiny Town where I was born and raised. I have always had the experience of running into a great aunt at the grocery store or seeing my uncles stopped at a yard sale as I drive by. And my kids are used to us "running into" family often. I'm glad they are. I want them to know their relatives.
Last week we buried one of my great aunts. She was the sister of my maternal grandmother. It has been very sad to watch her failing health in recent years. This particular aunt was one that always seemed so youthful and spunky compared to her sister (my grandmother). She was a WAC in WWII. She was an interesting lady. But like all her siblings, they were getting very old and their days are coming to an end. It saddens me to see this. Like I said, I have been around these people all my life. I have known these great aunts and uncles in much the same way that some people know their aunts and uncles. Lovely K went with me to the viewing on Wednesday evening. There was a sweet moment where she was walking around, looking at the flowers, with this one great aunt of mine who is such a neat lady (retired school teacher, always an interesting person, always popping up around town when most women her age would be sitting at home being careful and bored). Several people commented on that scene, this woman in her eighties and this child of nine walking around together, talking. I wish I had a picture of that. I am so glad that my daughter has the opportunity to know her great great aunt.
I actually went to the funeral with all four of my children. I started not to and I hesitated many times. It was a cold rainy day and, face it, the kids have me out numbered. But my two oldest are getting older and well, I just felt like I should go. I want my kids to see these family members. I wanted them to hear their grandfather (my dad) speaking at the funeral. I wanted them to go and learn from the experience. So we went and it was fine. They were very well behaved. They are learning "funeral behavior." After the funeral we met at a restaurant with my parents and two of my mom's siblings. After that, we all came back here to my house and had an impromptu little birthday celebration for my lovely aunt whose birthday was the next day. It was just a nice evening. I just love little gatherings with my family like that. We just love each other and have a good time. I am so glad my children are getting to experience this as I did growing up. I hope they will appreciate "family" as much as I do.
So Lloyd Dobbler called. You know he drives all the way from Tiny Town to the far side of The Big City to work each day. It usually takes him about an hour. It took over two hours today because of the snow. He just pulled into the parking lot when his boss called him on his phone and told him to just work from home today because of the weather. What timing.
Happy Snowy Presidents Day!
The world around me is covered in snow.
Again.
What is withall the snow this year?
It just can't stay away. Does it have a crush on my hometown or something? We just can't seem to go a couple of days without snow. Even if it's just a dusting. I am thinking maybe the snow has gotten off course, lost its way. Maybe it thinks we are the Northeast. Or Canada. Maybe it thinks we are Canada---because Canada is having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave (think Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye).
And what a time to have unseasonably warm weather! When you are hosting the Winter Olympics.
Not good.
Did you have a good Valentine's Day yesterday?
We did. My whole family had lunch at my parents' house. Mama cooked the big meal like she always does and we ate it like we'd never be offered food again in our lives. My mom made this cake that she has made for many, many Valentine's Days. It's a big heart shaped cake with white icing, the heart outlined in red and it just says "I love you" on the cake. There's a picture of me and my brothers with one of those cakes years ago---I was probably about 10, which would make them 13 and 6. So yesterday we made another one of the three of us and the cake...only my dad didn't tell us when he was taking the picture. We thought he was still messing with the camera, so we're not really smiling, just standing there. Oh well.
I love getting together with my family. And not just my immediate family like yesterday, but both sides of my extended family. My parents both came from large families. My mom is #7 of 9 children and my dad is #6 of 6. So we have a lot of family. And both families are from here in Tiny Town where I was born and raised. I have always had the experience of running into a great aunt at the grocery store or seeing my uncles stopped at a yard sale as I drive by. And my kids are used to us "running into" family often. I'm glad they are. I want them to know their relatives.
Last week we buried one of my great aunts. She was the sister of my maternal grandmother. It has been very sad to watch her failing health in recent years. This particular aunt was one that always seemed so youthful and spunky compared to her sister (my grandmother). She was a WAC in WWII. She was an interesting lady. But like all her siblings, they were getting very old and their days are coming to an end. It saddens me to see this. Like I said, I have been around these people all my life. I have known these great aunts and uncles in much the same way that some people know their aunts and uncles. Lovely K went with me to the viewing on Wednesday evening. There was a sweet moment where she was walking around, looking at the flowers, with this one great aunt of mine who is such a neat lady (retired school teacher, always an interesting person, always popping up around town when most women her age would be sitting at home being careful and bored). Several people commented on that scene, this woman in her eighties and this child of nine walking around together, talking. I wish I had a picture of that. I am so glad that my daughter has the opportunity to know her great great aunt.
I actually went to the funeral with all four of my children. I started not to and I hesitated many times. It was a cold rainy day and, face it, the kids have me out numbered. But my two oldest are getting older and well, I just felt like I should go. I want my kids to see these family members. I wanted them to hear their grandfather (my dad) speaking at the funeral. I wanted them to go and learn from the experience. So we went and it was fine. They were very well behaved. They are learning "funeral behavior." After the funeral we met at a restaurant with my parents and two of my mom's siblings. After that, we all came back here to my house and had an impromptu little birthday celebration for my lovely aunt whose birthday was the next day. It was just a nice evening. I just love little gatherings with my family like that. We just love each other and have a good time. I am so glad my children are getting to experience this as I did growing up. I hope they will appreciate "family" as much as I do.
So Lloyd Dobbler called. You know he drives all the way from Tiny Town to the far side of The Big City to work each day. It usually takes him about an hour. It took over two hours today because of the snow. He just pulled into the parking lot when his boss called him on his phone and told him to just work from home today because of the weather. What timing.
Happy Snowy Presidents Day!
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2 comments:
I'm sorry to hear of your Aunt's home-going. I'm glad you went to the funeral with your kids. It's part of life.
Poor L Dobbler.
My family on my mom's side isn't big (4 sisters) but it's so great to have family. We're really close and they are such a blessing to me.
Your children were very well behaved at the funeral. I was proud of them and you for teaching them so well! It was a sad day but also a glad day. Amazing.
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