Friday March 7th, was the anniversary of my mom's death.  She died last year after fighting cancer for months and prior to that dad died October of 2006.  She dealt with alot in her last year.  I was about 8 months pregnant when she was first diagnosed with her cancer.  She recovered, dealt with the death of her husband and was beginning to pick up the pieces and move on when the cancer came back full force and attacked her brain and spinal cord this time. 

The blessing is she is no longer in pain and she and dad are together again....in heaven.  I miss her every day though.  I miss her more today and am having more of a sad day with this today than I did yesterday though.

I was looking at my Franciscan red apple china earlier.  She and dad collected it and I would try to find unusual pieces for her collection at antique stores when I could.  She told my brothers at Christmas before she died that she wanted me to have the china.  I was tickled to have it because it was something she loved so much and I had helped buikd her collection some.  To some it is a collection of almost $3000.00 worth of antique china.  (We had it priced not long before she died)  To me, it reminds me of my mom and the wonderful meals she used to cook for us!!

I talked to my neice last night and she told me how she made dinner for her dad last night, my older brother, of meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, and Rere's special hotrolls.  (Rere is what the grandkids called my mother instead of Grandma)  It was his favorite meal of moms!   She even made sure the scalloped potatoes were in mom's green bowl....she always made scalloped potatoes in that bowl! LOL  He asked for that specific bowl when she died.  It meant so much to him!

I think today I will go through my recipes and make one of moms!!!! 

So pray for me this weekend.  I am missing mom and dad tremendously today!!!!

God's Blessings,

Amy Jo