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Until Then

This week I held my six month old granddaughter while my son offered her a spoon of her very first

I was over at Mom’s today as a new care giver was being trained in. She’s a refugee from Kenya

Mama has less to say these days. She mostly hollers or talks gibberish. I can’t remember the last time she

Last night, like most nights now, I fed Mama her supper. She doesn’t pick up her spoon much anymore, so

I went to a funeral yesterday, of an older cousin of my husband’s. And sitting in front of us, filling

I walked in the house and saw Mama in her rocking chair. “Hi, Mom!” I said. “That’s all I’ve got,”

This is the second time I’ve ever cried tears of gratitude for a dentist. And I’m pretty sure it’s the

Mama cuddles up next to me on the love seat. “I love you, Mama,” I say. Mom turns her head

I sit next to Mama on the love seat and start to sing our Bushel and a Peck song. “I

Mama said such an unusual thing to me last night. Maybe she didn’t even know what she was saying. But