Eccentric Mother Blog Posts

As I have said before, a young woman's taste, sometimes her future, could be judged by her mere choice of silver patterns. "She chose Old Master" - "That is arrogant!" "Well don't hold it against her, it has been in her family and with the economy an...

In the olden days, aka when I got married, visiting  the home of the Mother of a Bride to see the gifts (a tradition down here) was a must do. And, in some ways was a competitive sport. There were two sides - offensive and defensive. Offens...

I'm trying to get everything straight in my mind. So I am checking my list again, yes, the invitations have been ordered, the menu is set, we still need to settle on the linens, I can put the flowers out of my mind for a week or two. What would my...

Often times I comment about my Mama, but that is a pastime down here. If nothing else, from fear that that is where we are headed. (As if we can avoid the inevitable.) And, she was quite a unique sort. Oh, everyone has their mothers. And, they a...

One night last December,  I went over to Mom's to help her get her winter clothes out of the attic. It took a while to get into her neighborhood. It was the night of the annual Holiday Tour of Homes and the neighborhood's "favorite" child - the...

My Mama always aspired to live in Charleston. Thank God, she wasn't one of those women with airs who tried to claim roots from Charleston that did not exist. Now one would think being so southern she would claim Tara, but she didn't have to...

When I was a little girl I can remember my mother wanting a mink coat (actually a stole). And, yes, we lived in South Carolina, in the low country where it stays warm most of the time, we have a few weeks of coolish weather, and s...

Mama's visitation was most entertaining. Because we have such a nice (new) funeral home, the family could spread out and greet visitors without getting stuck in a formal receiving line. I navigated as best I could through the folks who had...

This is another past post of mine (several years ago) that will help illuminate my mother, bless her heart, to those of you who have only been reading my Blog for a year or so. My mother had this annoying habit of speaking in fourth pers...

Two years ago, I wrote this (as always true account) about my family. Given my recent post about my mother and my parent's divorce, I thought it may shed some light for those of you who may be new to this circus (called my life.) ~~~~~~~~ One thing...

Nature is known for animals who mate for life. Several come to mind - Wolves, Prairie Voles, Bald Eagles, Turtle Doves, Mansoni parasitic Worms, French Angelfish, Black Vultures, Swans, and Gibbons. And, as an incurable romantic, I can relate - most...

Nature is known for animals who mate for life. Several come to mind - Wolves, Prairie Voles, Bald Eagles, Turtle Doves, Mansoni parasitic Worms, French Angelfish, Black Vultures, Swans, and Gibbons. And, as an incurable romantic, I can relate - most...

My mother, bless her heart, left us with much - memories, family pictures, lovely antiques, a lifetime of jigsaw puzzles, and as many plastic ponchos as we could ever use. We have generations of old china and dozens of new glasses.  There are...

Trying to sort through Mama's things that our family doesn't have a need for has become something Milton Bradley certainly could use as inspiration for their next board game. Dealing with the 30 or 40 jigsaw puzzles, most of which are still...

We needed to get started going through my mother's house immediately because we were still looking for some critical financial and legal documents. And, we needed to clean it out since we were eventually going to sell it. Some said I would find the p...

Sorting through Mama's house was akin to a geological dig. She kept every church bulletin, magazine, catalog, letter, card, and bill she ever received. And they were all neatly stored in baskets, boxes, and hat boxes, all in chronological order. I us...

One thing about my mother, she has friends. And, they are all coming out to pay her back for all the thoughtful things she has done over the years. She is truly a kind and generous person - to a fault at times.  Yesterday afternoon, the physi...

So I'm not able to go on my Mother's Family Vacation this year because I have to be in Arizona for work. Shows how high I am on to the totem pole. Do I get sent to Arizona in January? Hell no. I get to go in July when it is 110 degrees. But I di...

The nurse at Dr. Johnson's office (name changed to protect . . . yada yada yada) was making my next appointment as I checked out when she looked up at me. "You know, you look just like your mama." "Thank you. But, I just don't see it." "Oh, I do. And...

Monday evening my favorite uncle dropped by to visit my mother. Naturally Mama called me immediately to let me know, ie tell me I needed to get over to her house ASAP. So over there I went. Now I dearly love my uncle. And it is always a pleasure t...