Mother's Day without Mom
This is our first Mother's Day without Mom. I miss her. I know how much we all loved her. In going through her things, I found cards from all of us saying that she was the best mom in the whole world and how lucky we were to have her as our mom. It was true. I found a quote on one card that I had given her that said, "To the world, you might just be one person, but to one person, you might just be the world." She and Dad created our world, and I will be forever grateful.

Here is the picture and comments from her senior year of her high school yearbook. She was always well-groomed and she definitely was clever.

I love this one. Monica and Eileen are so cute in their little dresses. I don't know what Monica is looking at, but she is not pleased about it. Eileen is perfectly content to smile for the camera. Mom and Nana look so happy and lovely.

Here's Mom happily receiving cookies for Mother's Day. She was definitely a cookie monster. When she tried to get me to take cookies home once, I told her that Phil tries not to eat too many cookies. She said, "Well, I sure don't!"

Here are some scenes from one of our more entertaining Mother's Day in 2010.

To good times! Happy Mother's Day!