When I was far from home and a freshman at the University of Wisconsin, my friend Ann's mom would invite me to Sunday dinner every week. They lived in Madison -- a big city for someone who'd graduated with a class of 84 kids. My freshman class was 7,000. Anyway, she'd prepare roast beef, cooked to perfection vegetables and always some sweet and comfy-food dessert. Leftovers were a given. She made certain that I had at least one good meal a week. She was a fill-in mom for my own mom living several hours away. Ann's mom has "walked on" as my Native American friends say as has my own mom but they are remembered with love.
This month as part of our celebration of my 70th and Homestead's 25th, I'm seeking nominations of moms. Fill-in moms; your mom; your neighbor who is a mom to bunches of kids in the neighborhood though she never had any kids of her own; moms who visit other moms at assisted living facilities or bring food to that elderly couple just down the street or who are super transport moms taking kids to preschool, soccer practice, the equestrian team practice. Tell us your "mom" story.
In May we celebrate Mother's Day, an observation begun in 1908 and formalized in 1914 in the United States. We all have moms and our experiences of them are as varied as snowflakes -- intricate and unique. Some moms are round and warm and funny. Some mom's are tall and lean and serious and some are both. Please consider nominating a mom in your life and tell us the story. Use the form please. We'll select a winner who will receive a signed copy of Homestead as will the nominator. All names go into the pool for selection of lunch in August with Jerry and me and three of the winner's friends. At the homestead! Help me honor moms...I miss mine immensely. If this is the first you are hearing about our Homestead Celebration, you can read all about it here.
We continue to raise funds for Burundi as well through purchases on my website or monetary donations through PayPal. You can read exactly how to give on the Homestead Celebration launch post here.
My September release, by the way, is about a woman named by the Oregon Legislature as the "Mother of Oregon." More to come on that....
This month as part of our celebration of my 70th and Homestead's 25th, I'm seeking nominations of moms. Fill-in moms; your mom; your neighbor who is a mom to bunches of kids in the neighborhood though she never had any kids of her own; moms who visit other moms at assisted living facilities or bring food to that elderly couple just down the street or who are super transport moms taking kids to preschool, soccer practice, the equestrian team practice. Tell us your "mom" story.
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| Meet Evariste, our Batwa friend and his mom who motivated him to go to school and become a member of parliament and work on behalf of his people. |
We continue to raise funds for Burundi as well through purchases on my website or monetary donations through PayPal. You can read exactly how to give on the Homestead Celebration launch post here.
My September release, by the way, is about a woman named by the Oregon Legislature as the "Mother of Oregon." More to come on that....
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