Comments on: Mom

By: Becky Green Aaronson

Becky Green Aaronson — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:41:18 +0000

Thanks, Samantha. I appreciate your kind comments. I’m sure your grandmother will smile big when you celebrate her on your blog!

By: Samantha Stacia

Samantha Stacia — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:37:02 +0000

How wonderful of you to do this! i am going to have to do the same thing for my grandmother. And dont aplogise for going off topic, a writers blog is all about the writer and all that makes up a writer. Very nice!

By: Becky Green Aaronson

Becky Green Aaronson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:44:41 +0000

I can still hear those two, along with Auntie Margie, howling over their various stories. Great memories of our great ladies!

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:57:27 +0000

Great pics! She was such a riot. She and Grandma Kate together really showed me what having such a loving, hilarious sister can do for the soul. Miss them, and thank you for keeping their memory so fresh in our minds

By: Becky Green Aaronson

Becky Green Aaronson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:50:27 +0000

Stephanie, sharing my mom today has had me smiling from the inside out. I’m glad you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed creating it. As I was looking back at old pictures, etc., it struck me that I never went a single day of my life without feeling loved by my mom. To me that says everything–especially since I’m sure, like all kids, I was probably a piece of work at times. That is a gift I’ll always carry with me, and hopefully pass down to Olivia.

By: Becky Green Aaronson

Becky Green Aaronson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:24:36 +0000

Carrie, it’s so nice to hear from you and know you’re reading my blog! I’m sure Mom is smiling down on this love fest she is feeling here today.

Ha! Good question about the date of her birthday! Was it the 23rd or the 24th? Only mom could get away with celebrating her birthday on two days because her mom and her doctor couldn’t agree on what time/day she was born. I believe her birth certificate said 12:01 on the 24th, but Grandma “Damn well knew better that it was 11:59 on the 23rd!” I think I know where Mom’s stubbornness may have come from! : -)

And yes, I miss our great ladies too, but at least we still have your great lady!

By: Becky Green Aaronson

Becky Green Aaronson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:12:34 +0000

Laura–so glad you enjoyed the pictures. It was fun to post them and celebrate my one-of-a-kind a mom. She was a character in every sense of the word (as you know)! And yes, Miss O has inherited not only her looks, but a few of her personality traits too. Good stuff! And the Green Family photo? Gotta love it. I especially love Scott’s bow tie–not to mention the pride on Tim’s face holding his baby sister.

By: Becky Green Aaronson

Becky Green Aaronson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:43:14 +0000

Thanks, Nancy! It was a treat to share my mom with you. I think you really would have enjoyed her. She LOVED to tell a story, and especially ones filled with details. If she had lived longer, I think writing could have been her future. I still have a compendium of poetry she wrote over the years, including a beautiful poem she wrote for me when I graduated from high school. She was something!

By: Becky Green Aaronson

Becky Green Aaronson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:29:21 +0000

Breaking rules is often what makes life most interesting anyway!

And “Hoooyaaa” for spirited mothers! On the surface you never would have known my mom was a tough cookie, but she taught me a whole lot about how to be strong–purely by how she navigated through life when she was handed buckets of lemons multiple times.

By: Becky Green Aaronson

Becky Green Aaronson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:22:23 +0000

Thanks, Kristine. I’m thankful to have that last photo of the three of us. Jeffrey took it on my mom’s last visit to Colorado just before she got really sick. She was never so happy as when she was being “Granny Green” to Olivia. That picture will always remind me of what a special connection they had.