MOM

With Mother's Day just around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to do an Ode to My Mother. Here are 5 wonderful & fun things about my mother.

1. She could wiggle her ears.
   
2. She was an artist and was the one who encouraged me to be an artist as well.
   
3. She used to say funny things like "slicker than snot on a stick."
   
4. When she was at Snow College she had the lead in musicals like 'Brigadoon' and 'Oklahoma.'
5. She taught us to sing fun songs like "Bill Grogan's Goat" :

Bill Grogan's goat was feelin' fine

Ate three red shirts from off the line.

Bill took a stick, gave him a whack,

And tied him to the railroad track.

The whistle blew, the train grew nigh,

Bill Grogan's goat was doomed to die.

He gave three groans of awful pain,

Coughed up those shirts and flagged the train.

Is that the funniest song ever? I am so glad I remember it!

My mom died 3 years ago this week. It was actually a release for her. She had been ill for a very long time and my dad had passed away 20 years before. I really miss her lots, but I know she is so much happier where she is.

I love you, Mom! Happy Mother's Day!