I was reading this post and all your fond memories of your moms I want those with my mom. Her and I are going out this week shopping something we havent done in years. Shes been sick for about the last 2 years and doesnt have much energy, generally she'll say shes to tired but for some reason when I mentioned it on sunday she jumped on the invitation. I'm glad she did. My mother sewed all the time when I was a little girl, made my cloths, costumes, and altered my wedding dress. Her sewing room has now become a storage room for jigsaw puzzles. I guess where I'm going with all of this is that I dont want to be the one who says I wish I had spent more time with my parents. After reading your wonderful stories I want to spend even more time with both of them. My brother was killed in 07 and now its just me mom and dad. My brother and I didnt see eye to eye for years, but the last 5 or 6 years of his life we started to get closer. For awhile I was afraid to get close to anyone afraid that they would die, childish I know. Anyway thank you ladies for your wonderful stories.