My mother is bringing smiles and laughter to her family long after she is gone. I put out one of her photo books in which she had carefully put little typed comments with each picture. Different family members sat with her book and chuckled. Here is a picture of Peter with a Grass hat on his head, while on his mission in the Philippines carefully labeled Luke on his mission in France. Here is another picture of Katie who did her hair all the time labeled Kathy. (Which was close) And here is another Granddaughter-in-law labeled Jen which is not even close to Kim.
So I’m not sure in what state of dementia she made these labels. Some were correct and some were way off but with the careful collecting of photos and the job of placing them in her book and the careful typing them up on one of them new fangled computers, and cutting them with one of those old fashioned scissors, she showed us one thing, her love for her family and her desire to capture and keep those memories in her book.
So we smile and laugh because it is so much mom and grandma. And when you spend a whole lifetime loving those kids and grandkids and great grandkids, why not spend a bit of time celebrating that love. Thanks Mom.