Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Share something you appreciate (or something you appreciated as you were growing up) about your mother.

I appreciate that she never raised her voice at us. She included us in everything she did, and always made us feel as if we were the biggest blessings in her life. Her joyfulness was contagious, her zest for life and learning put us on a lifelong journey of always being eager and willing to learn new things, and look for ways to improve what we already know. She was a regular song bird, singing, singing, singing. Day in and out. She woke us in the morning by singing, and unless she was talking to us she spent her day singing as she worked.

2.  A quote most commonly ascribed to Plato reads "Necessity is the mother of invention." When did this last play out in your own experience?

Hmmmm ........ does changing a recipe to fit with the ingredients I had on hand count?

3. Share one of the earliest memories you have from childhood.

When we were still preschool children my brother John and I used to like perching on our extra high chairs beside the sewing machine while Mom sewed. She would let us take turns spinning the wheel to start the treadle going, and hold little pieces of cardboard against the wheel as she sewed. It made a delightful noise.

I'm amazed at the patience she had to allow us to do that. We thought we were helping by spinning the wheel for her every time she started a new seam, but in reality we were slowing her down.

4. When did you last 'hit the mother lode'? What was it?

Getting married to LV.......... I know this is a mother's day themed hodgepodge, but I truly feel I hit the mother lode when it comes to my husband. He's my knight in shining armor, my prince charming, everything I ever dreamed of and more!

5. What is/was your favorite dish mom made? Do you make that dish for your family/friends now that you're all grown up?

Fried chicken. Yes, I still make it.

6. Mother May I? was at one time a popular children's game. It required no equipment or parts to play. What was your favorite childhood game where you could just turn up and play-no gear needed?

Mother May I? is still a popular game for Amish school children as a rainy recess activity. My favorite childhood game that didn't require any equipment or parts, was probably hide and seek.

7. Which TV mom (past or present) is your favorite, and why?

Ma Ingalls on the Little House on the Prairie. I liked the way she seemed to be kind, generous, and loved her family.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

Signs of spring are everywhere. The grass is green, spring flowers blooming, birds are singing, spring peepers are raising their annual joyful noise, and the frogs are beginning to sing up a storm at night. Last night they got so excited and loud it woke me up.

One of my favorite spring sounds is listening to the robins sing. They've been busy building their nests. This little robin egg somehow fell out of its nest. So pretty! Too bad it won't be hatching.