River: Mom

[mdlbear]

So... the day before yesterday was Mom's birthday -- she would have been 103 years old. (In fact, she died in 2020, a couple of months shy of her hundredth. If I'd been thinking, I would have mentioned something in Thursday's gratitude post. I've always felt grateful to my parents, and more abstractly grateful for them -- for having had the good fortune to have been born into a particularly good family.

Better parents than Colleen and I turned out to have been, anyway. I miss them.

Note: this was originally written yesterday; posting failed due to carelessness on my part. Anyway, here it is.

Comments

Don't be so hard on yourself -

[murphymom]

I've met some of your kids, and a lot of other folks who considered the two of you parents (she was always referred to as "Mama Colleen" by my daughter) - I think you were far better than you give yourself credit for. We always *wish* we could have done better - but I do believe we generally underestimate what we've done.

[freyjaw]

I know your kids. You two did well. I agree with Murphymom. She was Mama Colleen to a lot of people.