Christmas afternoon Dale, Rebecca and I went to my mother’s grave site to put some flowers on her grave. It was some plastic poinsettias and some plastic holly, which was veru fitting because when I was little I would go to the local five and dime to buy her a $1.00 corsage every year. My mother would have acted like it was the most expensive corsage she ever receive in her life. I also took some homemade cookies to lay on her grave site. Once again you had to know my mother to understand where I got that idea.
When I was standing in the grave yard after I pushed the snow to the side that was on the marker and put the flowers in the ground, I looked around to the other grave sites which had nothing on them or around them. How sad I thought — this sight I saw. Those who were buried here once had someone who loved them but were now forgotten.
This Christmas has been really hard on me as I have missed her so much. What I have really missed the most is to have someone who would listen to me. She would have been a great help during this past year as I have been through a lot of hard events in my life. I love you mom!
While we were home on Christmas vacation, we found out that our favorite place to get genuine Allentown cheesesteaks had opened a new restaurant. For several years they were only available at the local fairs. Vince’s was Pam and my favorite place to get cheesesteaks. An Allentown cheesesteak is different from a Philly cheesesteak. It does not use cheese whiz and it is topped with a red sauce and dill pickles. Pam and I and the kids savored every delicious bite. It was soooo good!
