Mother when did you have private moments Your life must have been an endless daily event Fourteen active children running under your feet As your making meals and yummy treats for us to eat I never woke before you, you were always the first to rise We slowly trailed each other...
On the days we were kept in the house because of the weather if it was raining or wet and cold we all played together Just different games but they would all get old Mom knew just what to do, instead of giving us a scold she taught games no doubt...
For all of us at some time in our life, we find out that we have a conscience and we’ve always had it but maybe it never made much sense I discovered mine when I was nine years old we had a cupboard in our house it wasn’t very big, barely...
I was looking at a picture that my mother had taken, her back was to the sunWe were all squinting and shielding our faces from the morning sun it wasn’t any fun In the photo, looking at our hands, each one was fullHolding our sack lunch mom had made us for...
The Navajo woman saw beauty all around She would weave the beauty she saw growing on the ground Her Poles staked out and measured to height on the Upright looms with no moving parts to fight Her eyes would slowly look to the subject she undertook Her hands moved too and...
Tin Cans were a big part of the games we used to playIf you ask any kid from the 50s and the 60sI’m sure that’s what they’ll say Back then children had fewer toys in which to playSo we used leftover tin cansour mom gave us instead of throwing them away...
My screen door view let in the air and the light but mostly it helped keep our house cool at night Our wood frame screen door was painted mint green because from the road it could easily be seen it had a pull handle that you could grasp with real ease...
I love remembering about the sandy bottom creeks And the spring along the trail where you would squat and scoop a drink the water was so cold and clear you could see yourself Looking back at you like a mirror hanging from a shelf the creek beds held some small harmless...
One summer daddy loaded us all up in the back of his pickup truck He took us to the river to have a summer picnic all together It wasn’t very often he could spare the time, he had to work when there was good weather Mom had picked up some hot...
Mom found out she had cancer in the fall of 91It seemed like it changed life for everyone The doctor said she wouldn’t live to see the new yearBut the doctor didn’t know my tough mama dear She just came home from the doctor’s office that dayAnd that’s where she said...
