For Christmas 2002 we were trying to think what we could get for Mom that she would really like. The house was crowded, and anything she wanted she would get herself.
Andy suggested a "memory box": each of us would write memories on index cards, and put them in a small file for her to peruse. She loved them. Now all of them are available here. Feel free to submit new ones to me, I would be pleased to add to it.
Memory from Russell: Food has to rank high among memories. Besides individual cakes and such there were some specialties: Daddy's spaghetti, mushroom barley soup (thick enough to hold a spoon upright), apple cake, Daddy's Favorite (Mahogany chiffon), chicken and rice for supper, and of course the classic: roast beef, mashed potatoes, and peas.
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Hi Russell, this is . I would like to add the following memory to the list on your site: