thoughts of mom

Stacey's & Darren's wedding was beautiful!!! I'm at work, or I could post pics. Beautiful colors, beautiful decorating, beautiful attire. And no one fainted. Wonderful food. Nice size crowd. What more can I say? Congratulations to the bride and groom!

My dad stopped by work tonight. He hung around and read the paper and such. He's like part of the family here. We feed him and visit with him. Everyone knows hes my dad and caters to him. We had an interesting conversation. We discussed the wedding, kids, family, and whatever else. Then we discussed mom. Good things. Like how it used to be. Reminiscing, you know. Its interesting, cuz i had thought earlier in the week how I would write about her, and then we talked about her tonight. So, i thought I'd drop a few lines about my mom.

She would have loved this last week. Nothing like planning a function to make her happy. Food, decorations, clothes.....yeah, that was certainly exciting for her! She would have been so proud to see her granddaughter walk down the aisle. To be given away by her parents. My mom would have cried tears of joy and sadness, all at the same time. (Instead, I did it for her!) She would have ironed and cleaned dads clothes and shoes. It would be exact. She would have held her great-grandchildren tight, and been so proud of their beautiful walk/stroll down the church aisle. She would have smiled and cried at the slide show that was shown at the wedding. She would have taste tested all that amazing food. She would have brought food to Rol & Laureen's house, even tho they probably had too much already. She would have loved buying a wedding present for Stacey. She would have hugged and kissed that girl till it would have been embarrassing! She would have worn a wonderful new dress for the occasion-and would have told dad she had it a long time already! :-) And those sweet baby peas-those were her favorite!!

Yeah, I miss my mom. I am doing fine actually and I get through most everything without too much ado. Its just these family events where we see everyone surrounded by the people they love, and we are reminded of the ones that aren't there. And yes, Mom and Katelyn are in a better place, and we wouldn't wish them back. But seriously, we do miss them! It's not the same without them.

Christmas season, and its time to think of what the menu will be for the Friesen family. I asked some family today what we should have, and of course, its potatoes and meatballs. Then with a little thought, came the suggestion of egg rolls. Grandma loved to buy and serve egg rolls. They were her favorite. So I guess we'll continue on in the tradition. Comfort food. See what else we come up with. Whatever we decide, there will be plenty of it, like always, cuz mom taught us well!

There's some thoughts about my mom. There's so many more, but if I continue this, I'll have to find a box of Kleenex, and with my luck some emergency will show up at the door, and I'll be unfit to care for them. So, I'm logging off for some other day.......

Appreciate the people around you while you have them....... xxoo