It's been a very long year, Mom, and I miss you so much. But I'm doing okay. Well, I'm trying, and you always told me that's what counts.
I know you enjoyed an early breakfast, and I've got all your favorites. Most of the world drinks coffee or tea in the morning. You drank soda:“Coke-a-Cola.”as you called it. You told me it was a Southern custom. I never believed that for a moment, even though you were born and raised in Virginia. I think you needed a sugar high to start the day. It was a tough choice, but I decided on the peanut butter crackers for the main course-handmade, not the packaged ones, spread one at a time straight form the jar and pressed together like an Oreo cookie.