It is her laughter I’ll remember

Mother’s Day wasn’t invented for my mom, but she definitely earned her stripes raising the three of us. I can’t speak for my younger brother or older sister, but I’m sure that if mom were here, she’d tell you that I was probably the most adventurous. In that respect, my mom deserved more than a Mother’s Day, I think.

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Forever steeped in tradition

My family, forever steeped in tradition, always went nuts over holidays. Like Easter, which I always thought was the most curious of holidays, having been convinced by someone along the way that spending a Sunday morning hunting for brightly colored hard-boiled eggs secretly distributed in the most unusual places was an exercise that I or any other child might enjoy.

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