I drink two cups of coffee a year – once on my mom’s birthday and once on the anniversary of her death. Monday was one of them.
Mom relished her morning ritual – the coffee and cigarette, the visit with McDonald’s workers and her morning devotional. But that’s the way mom was. She embraced life, even the ordinariness of drinking coffee in the morning. She found the positive or humorous in everything and didn’t let anything stand in her way.
That’s not to say life was easy and she didn’t have struggles. Our family had its ‘colorful’ years. But they are what has made us a family.
In Cottage Quotes I’ve written about someone else who obviously embraces life, continuing to live it to the fullest as he approaches 90.
On the Bookshelf is The Three Junes by Julia Glass, a book about family dynamics and making the best of things.
Here’s to you, Mom – a large McD’s with lots of cream and sugar.
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I love the way you remember her Kim, and will join you in honoring her memory 🙂
Thank you, Marion. She was an amazing lady. ~ Kim
McDonald’s coffee? Interesting remembrance ritual, Kim. Lucky you, lucky she/mom.
What a cool opening line. You go girl. I get a complete sense of who your Mom was with this one piece of writing.
Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks, Karen. She was a pretty terrific lady.
thanks – I know I was blessed to have had her as a mom. I always think it’s interesting what people remember or want to have after someone they love dies. It’s usually not what’s expected, even by the the person himself.