Comments on: What Mothers Do

By: Ken One Eagle

Ken One Eagle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:13:08 +0000

An absolutely wonderful and deeply moving article!

I am sure that William Allen White is so proud of your writing abilities!

By: heineken160

heineken160 — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:41:09 +0000

My mother was from the generation that wrote letters. Through my college and life in Emporia until the week she died I received a letter save for the occasional times Mom and Dad traveled for several days, usually to visit relatives.

The letters were weather reports, crop reports, canning reports, reports on who had a cold or flu, marriages, funerals, births, car wrecks, reports on calving, commentary on dreary weather gloom, fair news and the list goes on. I knew my home town though I hadn’t lived there for 30 years. Then I drifted away from keeping abreast of the happenings with the Heinekens and of Effingham though I called my dad each week.

My mother was from the generation that wrote letters.

By: englishbloke

englishbloke — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:31:39 +0000

Really good column – and great technique.

By: Queen La Tuffa

Queen La Tuffa — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:33:06 +0000

Cheryl you sure look like your mom! Beautiful women, both of you.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:38:59 +0000

Great memories, April. Love these.

… the time she pulled a tick from my ear at the pool thru the chain link fence…

But a crocheted swimsuit sounds terrifying!

I think everyone ought to share their mom memories….