Posted by: Dotsie
Missing Mom - 02/25/03 02:36 PM
The storm found me missing Mom again. I have so many memories of her during snow storms and they all revolve around her being inside.
She wasn't the type to get out and shovel, walk the streets, or watch us sled.
She was always home with paper laid on the floor for the wet boots, gloves, hats, socks, coats, and sweaters for the many kids who crashed our doors feeling frost-bit and frozen.
She then started running the dryer for us and placing assorted items on the radiators in our home so things could dry and we could be on our way again.
I recall our dryer having a Stop and Dry mode with a little rack to put our boots on. Whatever happened to that feature?
She allowed us to dig through the cabinets for junk food and wolf it down, leaving messes behind.
She often had a jig-saw puzzle going so we could dabble a little with that, only to be distracted by the buzzer on the dryer...and out the door again.
"Be careful and don't stay out as long this time!", she'd scream as we headed to the hill.
She was quite an awesome lady!
She wasn't the type to get out and shovel, walk the streets, or watch us sled.
She was always home with paper laid on the floor for the wet boots, gloves, hats, socks, coats, and sweaters for the many kids who crashed our doors feeling frost-bit and frozen.
She then started running the dryer for us and placing assorted items on the radiators in our home so things could dry and we could be on our way again.
I recall our dryer having a Stop and Dry mode with a little rack to put our boots on. Whatever happened to that feature?
She allowed us to dig through the cabinets for junk food and wolf it down, leaving messes behind.
She often had a jig-saw puzzle going so we could dabble a little with that, only to be distracted by the buzzer on the dryer...and out the door again.
"Be careful and don't stay out as long this time!", she'd scream as we headed to the hill.
She was quite an awesome lady!