These are not sayings that originated with my Momma, but they were sayings she used often; although there are a few of them that I've never heard anyone else use!

"Time's a'wastin'!" meant "hurry up."

"I'll swanee!" expressed bewilderment.

"What the Sam Hill" as in, "What the Sam Hill are they doing?" meant the same              as "what in the ( Read more... )

... Momma left.  It doesn't feel like it's been a whole year.  I miss her-- the Mom I knew so well up until six or seven years ago but just occasionally recognized since then.  In some sense, I even miss her as she was since then, because I could at least touch her and imagine her as she was.  Now I can just imagine.  When I do, when I really try ( Read more... )

Wednesday, March 15, Anthony Coppin and I attended Mom's "Care Plan Meeting" at Morningside Manor at the request of the social worker, and probably Mom's doctor.  The Friday evening before, the LVN on duty phoned to bring me "up to date," although I had had an extended conversation that morning with Valerie, the one and only really efficient nurse ( Read more... )

I feel like "Little Orphan Cannie".
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