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Mom's Rules At Work!
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Dear Franklin, I know you’re paying a visit for Mother’s Day - but just wanted to drop you a line. Seems like I don’t take the time to write much anymore. We’re about ready to go play bingo in the dining hall. I had two chances to win last week but Ethel nabbed B-10 before B-8 was called. As you know she always wins. Sometimes people are lucky but I’ll still work at winning today! (Luck has the same number of letters as Hard Work don’t you know!) How is everyone in that busy family of yours? Did Timmy’s tooth finally come out? Don’t forget to tell him about Uncle Rickie - he lost his back molar tooth when he didn’t floss that broccoli out from 1962. (Smelled awful let me tell you) Tell Timmy to floss his teeth so he has a nice smile for the girls when he grows up. I keep wondering how Regis keeps his teeth so sparkly white. Those hollywood stars must have special toothpaste. (Remember Aunt Cobus and her one gold tooth? I always wanted to see if I could see my face in it - but her breath was too bad to want to get up close!) Remind Timmy of that - he’ll want to make sure the girls don’t stay TOO far away! (That rascal cousin Doug likes to say A smile is worth a thousand girls... I always thought it was words. Either way same holds true!) I read about your company in the Newspaper. Seems like your going through what Dad did in 1936. I still remember his head hanging low, tie all askew when he came home to tell me about the day he laid off his finest men. He was so worried and Grandma Tillie piped up “Paulie- you’ll never lead looking like a lump of coal - stand up straight even when you’re down and you’ll look like a tower of strength.” I thought your Dad was going to walk right through the kitchen and out the back door and keep on walking. Looking back on it - I think Grandma had something there. How’s my favorite daughter-in-law. Today is Mother’s Day and you don’t forget that after our visit and get some fancy notion in your head to go to that uppity golf course of yours. Pay attention to that young lady or she’ll drop you like a hot potato! Speaking of potato’s I’ll include in this note the Smokin’ Potato Casserole recipe you like so much. Tell Linda it’s the “secret recipe” that makes it so good- I won’t put that in writing - Ethel has been trying to get that from me for 2 years now. I’ll tell her in person (If I forgot remind her when you get this - she can come over for a nice visit without the hoodlums and we’ll have a nice chat) You take those chillins’ golfing when she comes! Spending time together does a heart good. Well It’s about time for the bingo calling to begin. I am so looking forward to our visit today. I don’t remember If I told you about Caleb. (That’s your nephew from the Crawford side - Aunt Ora’s second son.) You remember Aunt Ora, she’s the one who ended up soiling our family name for drinking that red punch before her High School graduation. I sure do wish I was in the crowd when she stumbled up to the podium - heard it was a sight to see. I can’t remember who gave her the spiked concoction. Must have been someone she thought she trusted. (Sure teaches you to always know who your friends are Franklin!) Anyway, Caleb is heading down the path to who knows where. I heard he put a tattoo on his arm that shows a snake. I just don’t know what these young people are thinking nowadays. But the real kicker is he had to go to the Principal’s office for putting something mean about a class mate on his computer. I don’t really understand the jest of what happened but this I do know. If you can’t say anything nice - don’t say anything at all. With that I’ll say I love you Franklin. I am looking forward to our visit. (And I sure hope my Hard Work in Bingo pays off!) Love, Mom PS: Sure do miss your Dad. He would have loved to see Sara standing up so proud and strong in her play. Did Sara get the little note I sent for the wonderful evening? You can’t send enough notes to let someone know you care! |
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