Mama's Sweet Home

Kathryn Bohannon (Mama), Donnie McGuire, Inez Culpepper and Sue Culpepper
(Below is an old photo of my Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma and Great Aunt Inez)

Mama has the sweetest little home; curio cabinets filled with Llardro and other delicate knick knacks. There is always music playing in the living room, usually classical pieces, and Mama fills a cream pitcher, along with her lidded sugar bowl, when serving coffee each morning. Of course, she fixes tea for herself. The double refrigerator doors are covered with photos of her three daughters and seven grandkids, along with magnets collected from around the world. Now that she's retired, Mama has a semi-routine of drinking tea with breakfast, checking her emails, and reading books and watching movies in the afternoon (and occasionally visiting with friends). She loads her dishwasher by grouping spoons with spoons and forks with forks for easy unloading. I follow her lead when loading the dishwasher after dinner. I've thoroughly enjoyed these few days with Mama and her serene semi-routine. When I'm washing dishes in Africa, I'll think of Mama and her spoons with spoons, forks with forks, and all those happy faces beaming from the double refrigerator doors.