Mom

We koa'd our way across the USA. Mom made us these cool tote bags with elastic shoulder straps. She made 'em in her sewing room before we left for the Grand Canyon trip. There were three different sized bags; the smallest was a little bigger than a hip pocket. I had rocks from all over the lower 48 in my big bag. Those bags served many duties over the years. They're still in her house. Those bags are a great example of incredible craftmanship. Made to last.
When we were at the Grand Canyon, Mom made us enchiladas. The light, tastey tortillas that she made were out of this world. I can't walk by tortillas today without remembering the meals from that trip. That trip has a lot of great memories. Mom wasn't just about cooking and sewing though. We were all little kids on that trip. Mom had planned an elaborate sight-seeing win a toy adventure game. She'd helped Bacchus' mom make one too. Bacchus' mom gave up and just handed 'em all over by Texas. Maybe we learned something about earning on that trip.
It was a fun trip and we've all laughed for years at some of the things that happened.
One year we went North. Dad stood at the edge of green field with a far off look on his face. It was a place called Gettysburg. I looked to where he was looking but didn't see what he saw. He was seeing regiments and squads and a disastrous charge. We mainly crawled over some cannons saying boom. The best memory from that trip was a breakfast that we had on a sandy campsite. We had stopped at this place that had huge sand dunes and cold ocean water. One day we picked blueberries that were near camp. We had blueberry pancakes the next morning. That place was called Cape Cod. There were a lot of good memories from that trip as well. Waking up with a warm sun, ocean breeze and hot blueberry pancakes is tough to beat, though.
Mom isn't just about cooking and sewing though. She is excellent at both. She worked and worked hard. She taught in the classroom and then became a media specialist. I think that I learned a lot about work ethic from her. We were still in elementary school and, while still teaching, she went back to school herself to get a Master's degree. I was impressed then and I'm amazed now. Mom gets things done. It's no mistake that MOM is WOW turned rightside up.
Thanks for a great childhood, Mom.
Much love, Endy.