She taught me to...make a patchwork dolly quilt
play cribbage to learn my addition facts
feed a baby lamb on a bottle, a tiny kitten,
a little pig, even a raccoon
catch a chipmunk with a fishing basket and fishpole
find a doodlebug, an angleworm, and a sandbug in the creek
rub clay with a spoon to take a picture from the funny papers
when I had the chicken pox
make a loom from an old thread spool
write a school report about Lincoln and the White House
discover sheeps' noses, red bells and yellow daisy wildflowers
in the spring
plant pansies and primroses to make my garden bloom
'sleep on it' and in the morning I would have the answer
I was looking for
make a cradle from an apple box or a salt box
save my dimes to buy a savings bond
cook a chicken so it would feed my family for a week
make do with what I have and count my blessings
And most of all...To be a mom and love my babies ...no matter what!
