1- Favorite meal- she used to make homemade pizza for us- it had a thick yeasty, crust that was delicious! She always made them in the same pans, the small thicker pan was for her and Dad which usually was topped with pepperoni and green pepper. My other fave would be her ribs (which she put in our MOPS cookbook), white beans and cornbread meal, which I requested and she made on my birthday Friday! It was yummy!

2- Mom didn’t too often embarrass me- she was always around whatever I was involved in, so I was used to her being there. I love her silly wit though- she makes me laugh by some of the silly things she says sometimes. We have a few running jokes in my fam with her about past things she has said.

1. I am with Susan on this one, my mama’s dressing. I have tried and tried to make it the same but I need a lot more practice!

2. My mother did not embarrass me very often in public. I would get embarrassed whenever a boy came to pick me up for a date and she all of a sudden became a private investigator. She would sit the boy on our couch and ask him all sorts of questions. “What does your daddy do?” Where are you taking me daughter?” I understand now after having a daughter why she did that. Nowadays I have the best time embarrassing my own children. I did the dancing in the store a lot and sometimes still do.

2. Oddly enough, I can’t remember a lot that Mom did to embarass me (though I am sure she did a lot). I do remember her listening to 50’s and 60’s music in the car during car pools in middle school and that mortifying me as I didn’t understand why we couldn’t listen to Coyote McCloud and the Zoo Crew on Y107 every morning instead. She would let me every once in a while, but not enough for my young liking.