A Hodgepodge About Moms....

Thanks to Joyce for this week's Hodgepodge! She gives us the questions and we write our answers.  Link up and join the fun HERE!

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 307

1. Share a favorite memory of your mother or share a favorite something from your own life as a mother. If you're a mother (or stepmom) tell us how your experience as a mom differs from your own mother's experience.

Oh my, I have so many wonderful memories of my mom. She was only 65 when we lost her to cancer (in 1995). My mom sang. She sang in the choir at church, she sang in the car (Hole in the bottom of the sea....among others!), and she sang along with the radio when working in the kitchen. One of my earliest memories of her is of her singing along with "Blueberry Hill" while working in the kitchen. I was probably four or five.  

I'm a step-mom of two men who were 18 and 22 when Joe and I married.  My experience, therefore, is much different from my mom's. Joey and Jeff's mom died of cancer when they were 16 and 20.  She told them that she wanted their dad to get married again and for them to trust his judgment.  Bless her for making my entry into the family so easy.  I love those two guys as if they were of my own blood. 

2. In May we celebrate teachers (May 9) and nurses (May 6) both. Most every family has at least one in their midst, so tell us something (or a few things) you appreciate about the teacher or nurse on your family tree.

Both of my sisters and my sister-in-law are teachers. I could write volumes about them and can only say my hat goes off to all teachers. It is a hard job that not everyone is cut out for and those who stick with it are amazing.  There are no nurses in my family tree, but hats off to all nurses too! God bless you all!!

3. Chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad...which would you go for if all three were on the menu? On bread or a bed of lettuce? If you answered bread, what kind of bread would make it the perfect sandwich?

Good golly, I like all three and it really would depend on my mood at the moment to choose which I like best. Any of those on a croissant would be lovely.

4. Do you have a desk? Is it organized? If so, share your secret to keeping it that way. If you don't have a desk, where in your home do you take care of family paperwork and business? Where do you normally sit to blog?

I have a desk at work, but not at home anymore.  Yes, my desk is organized and when I had one at home it was also organized.  I don't have a secret to keeping it organized, but it is the only way I can function. I am an organized person.  I take care of the home finances (and those at work).  Joe is a CPA but doesn't like "bookkeeping" so it falls to me.  I don't mind...it's pretty much how I roll.  I sit in the living room with my laptop on my lap while watching TV with Joe.  He is used to me multi-tasking.  If I don't have a computer on my lap, I have a magazine or catalog open on my lap.

5. When I was nine years old....

I got a season pass to the local swimming pool (it cost my grandma $18.00!!) and would ride my bike to the pool by myself and spend several hours there.  Back then, kids were pretty safe being out alone.  Now it's hard to imagine being allowed to ride a bike alone to the swimming pool. It was a good 4-5 miles away.  Amazing.  By the way, the swimming pool pass was my "prize" for not sucking my thumb anymore....at 9 years old.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I was buying some greeting cards today and it struck me that this is the first year I've not had to buy a Mother's Day card for anyone.  My grandma was the last to go and we lost her just a few months ago.  Made me a little sad.

I would like to ask my prayer partners here to please offer a prayer for my dear friend, Teena. She is having surgery today, to repair a hernia that has already been repaired once.  Thanks so much!!

Thanks again to Joyce!! Thanks for your visit! Happy Wednesday.  Peace & hugs!!