Remembrances

 

My mother asked myself and my brothers and sisters what we wanted when she died.Everything was going to be split 7 ways; these were just little things we wanted as something to remember her by.

I think she asked the same thing when I was 12 years old; and I replied that I wanted the fridge!

Ah youth!

My brother and sisters requested: the grandfather clock; rocking chair, table, and clock made by our grandfather; old paintings of our old house; and assorted other little things that surrounded us in childhood.

Me?

I just wanted my mother’s recipe box: a little wooden box with my mother’s hand written miracles that she served everyday.
I see it everyday, and when I use her recipes it makes me think of all the wonderful meals and times I shared with her.

If I had one wish.