Never EVER Try to be Sneaky Around Your Mother . . .

I walked into Mom & Dad’s place after church on Sunday with an envelope full of cards and e-mails for Mom that had come in over the past couple of weeks.  Mom took them to the back room to read, and Dad and I sat down to play cribbage.  A few minutes later, Mom walked out with that look on her face.  You know the one.

“I’ll get you for that picture you took of me.”

I had included a copy of the “How’s Your Mom” blog piece I wrote last week – that was the first time she had seen the shot I took while she was at the oncologist.  It was intended for my brother, but I knew when I used it in the blog that I would pay the price.  However, she was willing to allow a replacement . . .

Mom caught me off-guard when I walked in – it was at the end of a very busy day, and when I saw her new hat my first reaction was “I thought you had lost all of your hair.”  Silly me . . . the bangs are attached to the hat.  Still, I think it looks really nice!