When she and I were discussing her new home, she pointed out that for almost all her adult life, she’s always lived in new houses. With one exception (an old apartment complex in St. Paul, MN), she and my father always bought (or once built) new houses. Even the apartment she’s currently living in was new construction. I wonder how many people can claim that?
I was relating this to a co-worker who said, “Hmmm, she sounds spunky.” Yeeeeaaaahhh, that’s not really a word I would apply to my mother. Not really.
Mom, when it comes time (and it won’t be anytime soon) to write your obituary, I hereby promise the following:
I will be sure to mention that you were Engineering Queen and a member of KKG. It’s up to you if you want to include PEO.
I promise not to use the photo of you with the napkin ring in your eye.
I promise not to say that you liked to bake and play cards.
And I sincerely promise to never, ever refer to you as “spunky”.
You’re welcome.
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