I went to Theodore this last weekend to see Aunt Kathy. While I was standing in the kitchen of the big house it struck me that so many of my memories in that very spot were when my mom was my age. Wow, how could time have flown by so fast?
I thought for a little while about the past. The things we did as kids - crushing ice with the hand crank machine on the back door, leaving our shoes in a pile outside the door, running through the kitchen with wet feet after just jumping in the river - all memories that make me smile.
Then I thought about how fun that had to have been for my Mom to watch us enjoy so much. What a great time she must have had to sit at the table with Honey and Grandmom and get to chat while Granddad and Aunt Kathy would play with us.
The hours playing cards on the screened in porch, the many cakes and cookies baked with Honey, the relaxing times just to slow down from the life of raising six children.
I miss the days that I would get to spend at Grandmother Shiff's house right next door. Granddad Shiff smoked a pipe and I loved the smell of his cherry tobacco. Cards must have been important then cause we spent a lot of time playing cards at Grandmother Shiff's house too.
It is hard to believe that so many fun memories are right there at the river. I am glad that my children all have great memories of time spent at the river. I am looking forward to when my grandchildren get to experience summertime at the river.
