Things I got from Mom...

Some Things I Got From Mom…


I got from Mom…

The love of reading…Mysteries, Poems, Romances …

The love of doing new things…Crafts, Art, Writing, Needlework…

The love of nature…Birds, Flowers, The Sky…

The love of family…No matter how far it extends…

The love of Christmas…

The love of God…


Thanks, Mom!


Remembering some good things…
Nov. 2003

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Poetry…


Mom loved poetry. I remember her reciting poems for us, from our young years, all through life - almost to the end!
Poe was a favorite of hers. She knew so many of his poems, and we loved to hear her recite them!

…Mom would, in later years, express her own thoughts and emotions, through her own poetry!

I developed a love of poetry –reading words of others and writing my own- because of Mom’s inclination in that direction.

Thanks Mom!


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I , Laquita …


Mom gave me a name, which, as a child, I liked – not at all!
“Laquita!”
It has a, decidedly, Spanish sound!
Mom always WAS intrigued by the unusual and exotic
things she encountered in life!
She came across this name in a book she read, I was told!

I always wished I had a simple name
such as Mary or Carol! :)

Well, luckily, there WAS my middle name, “June.”
Not surprisingly, this became “June Bug,”
with Mom and others in the family?

In later years, I came to realize
that Laquita has a nice sound to it.
…And is not a name to be embarrassed by at all. :)

I wonder about this character,
who’s name Mom borrowed for me.
Was she a unique and special lady?
Did she have qualities of which Mom admired
and hoped to see emerge in me as I became a woman?
Did I live up to Mom’s expectations?

I will never know!

Oh! How I would love to read that book
where Mom found my name!


“Laquita”…remembering -June 2004

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Remembering Mama’s Stories…


Mama would tell us stories of when she was a young girl,
of her brothers and sisters and cousins!
She told of finding baby birds with her cousin, Ben.
And she told of the two of them
pretending to be the Mama and Daddy birds…
of searching for worms and bugs to feed the babies!

I never tired of hearing her stories of long ago!
I wish I could hear them still.


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Photos are of Mom and my 4 grandchildren (Her greatgrands ) and of Mom and me ( mid-1970s)