Motherwise Cracks

My dad has been taking care of my mom for quite some time now – she’s not been well. In his time spent at home with her, tending to just about all of her needs, he decided to write his memoirs. Over the holidays, he gave each one of us a copy to read. It [...]

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What I want for Christmas is to be on an episode of Rockford files. And if you think that is impossible, let me remind you that through the magic of technology Natalie sang with her father Nat King Cole when he was already dead. James Garner isn’t even dead yet, so we still have some [...]

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To this day, even though my kids are older, I don’t understand why people spend so much on their children for Christmas gifts. And all this talk of how times are tight and yet, we are off and running at 4 PM on Thanksgiving day to go break the bank. No, I don’t get that. [...]

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I just read a columnists take on rudeness. She thinks it’s because we have lost empathy for each other, and she wrote a very nice piece about it. She goes on to explain that she thinks we don’t understand or care how it makes the other person feel when we are rude. But I think [...]

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People from Buffalo are the best sports in the world. You have heard that practice makes perfect? Yes, have had the most practice (at losing). It doesn’t seem to matter, because we still love our sports. And we are good sports, too. I sometime wonder that if we began to win, would we know what [...]

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So why the heck do I bother with a garden if it means I don’t get the fruits of my husband’s labor? He worked very hard to grow such a nice garden and, sure I got some tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, corn and eggplant out of the deal, but why no squash? At first I thought [...]

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And I am happy about it. We always have a lot of fun and the best part is that people, my guests, think that I am so hard-working for doing this. But I am not. I only do the turkey, stuffing and green bean casserole and everyone else does the rest. That is key. Everyone [...]

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Even my kids, who LOVE Christmas, agree that is a bit much. We were riding home from Christmas shopping and saw through a window, a Christmas tree up and decorated on November 10. Sorry but that is crazy, and that is coming from someone who loves the whole season. While I love Christmas because everyone [...]

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