My Mother's Day "love letter" to my Mom:



May 10, 1998

Dear Mom,

Thank you for always being there for me throughout the years.
I remember your creativity with birthday cakes and your 
thriftiness with baby food jar candle holders and rummage sale
clothes.  We always had fun things to do thanks to you like
making block buildings, art work, crafts, reading, riding bikes,
swimming, and playing with neighbor kids.  You made my slumber
parties special and were always thinking up fun games and
interesting recipes like bunny eggs, Spam, hot dishes, hamburger
stroganoff (which I still make for my family), macaroni & 
cheese, triangular peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, goulosh, 
grilled cheese, and roast beef & potatoes on special occasions 
among others.  You encouraged me to cook and clean on my own 
which gave me a sense of independence and self worth.  Thanks,
 mom, for not making fun of my cardboard brown chocolate factory when 
everyone else called it a poop factory!  I recall 
making a paper mache' pinata and volcano with your assistance 
too.  I even forgive you for always dressing Wanda and me like 
twins and the "bowl" haircuts.  As I look back now, the 
dresses you made were pretty cute even if they did match.  You 
always helped me with school work and activities like making 
cotton candy for the carnival and making my bumble bee costume 
for a play and that dish soap bottle tiger puppet.  Even 
though we didn't have a lot of money, you always managed to dress
 us up in a different homemade Halloween costume every 
year and went trick-or-treating with us around trailer courts 
since we didn't have many neighbors.  I'm grateful for your 
support at school conferences and swim meets.  You put up with a 
lot of my teenage mood swings.  I got my love of pictures from
 you and the scrap books, baby book, school days album, 
and many photo albums with detailed descriptions you made
really keep my childhood memories alive.  The trips to South 
Dakota, California, Tennessee, Canada, and many other places were
 always fun and exciting--especially the parks, cheap motels/mobile
home, and pools.  Going to Opryland (Zane breathing
 down my neck), Universal Studios, Mount Rushmore, 
the MN State Fair, Farm Fest '76 (Loretta Lynne & Mel Tillis 
rode by then we missed them at Happy Chef), etc. etc. bring
 back many happy memories.  Thanks for trying to keep us three
 kids from fighting all the time and being our referee on numerous
 occasions (mine and Wanda's soy sauce fight).  You've
 been so supportive to me through high school, having 
Heather with spina bifida at a young age and offering to quit 
your job to help raise her, going back to school when she was 
2, my jobs, getting our new house started, making curtains, and 
being such a terrific grandma to Heather and April!!  I'm glad
 you came through your leg amputation surgery okay - we were afraid 
of losing you for awhile there.  I remember going to visit you 
at the hospital every day on my lunch hour for a whole month 
and how boring the days must have been to someone who is 
usually so busy.  I know it hasn't been an easy life for you but 
I'm glad you're my Mom.  I really respect you for going back 
to school and working after raising three kids.   Thanks, Mom, 
for giving me life and for everything else!  (And for not 
giving me a weird name like Wanda and Zane - ha ha).  I love you 
and appreciate you very much Mom!   


Have a Happy Mother's Day!

Love, 


Chris



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