My Mom celebrated her 90th birthday on June 24th. I wasn't able to go to celebrate, because she isn't doing well right now. She wants me to wait and come in August. Hopefully we will be able to celebrate then. Here is a tribute to my Mother.
Obviously I can't give her 90 big ones, but here are the ones that I think she should get.
1. She is a terrific Mom. She loves everyone and is good to all
2. She loves to play her accordian. In her prime you could find her each weekend at Leavenworths, entertaining everyone
3. She is a terrific Grandma. She tries so hard to remember everyones everything.
4. She has many friends and is a good friend to many people. She is constantly buying little things for someones birthday or just to make them feel better
5. She is a terrific joke teller. She can do accents for all of her jokes and she is such a funny person
6. She is a trade of many things. I remember her reuppolstering dining room chairs, or refinishing some piece of furnisher.
7. She is a great floral arrangers. I remember my father teasing her about bringing in the trees, while she was doing her arrangements. They were always very pretty.
8. She has many cooking tricks and is a terrific cook. I remember her making whip cream, when there wasn't any in our house for the missionaries.
9. She is a super salesman. My mom could sell you anything.
10. She makes everyone feel very welcome in her home. She always made my friends feel so special. They almost would rather be at my house than at their owns.
11. She makes a wonderful strawberry LONG CAKE. Ask me sometime or Clark about that one.
12. She makes fabulous coleslaw. I never eat coleslaw that I don't think of my mom. It was the request on both sides of the family, for any picnic
13. My Mom makes the best fried chicken in the world. I never eat fried chicken because it just isn't as good as moms
14. She was a great daughter. She took very good care of my grandparents. She was there for any reason and tried hard to make them feel special.
15. She is a great piano player. Give her a name of a song, and she can play it beautifully. She entertained the family gathering for years.
16. She can swim without making a ripple. I always enjoyed watching her as a child do this.
17. She can make great bubbles out of soap. All my children remember her entertaining them in the bathtub, a trick that they will have to ask Angie to do when she is gone, because I can't do it.
18. She wrote and made a record for the Seattle Worlds Fair, and the Elks club
19. She can write music and wrote a beautiful Temple song that I sang to my husband for our reception
20. Take her to a party, and she will be the center of attention
21. She has a terrific memory. My mom can tell you everything about being a little girl and all of the things of her life. I wish she would write her life story, what a story it would be
22. She loves animals. She really loves her pets and takes such good care of them
23. She is a lady- My mom always has her fingernails looking so nice. She always looks nice no matter where she goes. I don't ever remember her looking frumpy
24. She was a terrific beautician. She loved doing hair and was very good at it.
25. She was a beauty instructor
26. She gave piano lessons
27. She use to paint figurines. My grandmother had many of them.
28. She loves children. She loves to entertain them with her purse
29. She loves purses and she use to love hats- you could find anything in her purse.
30. She loves buttons and jewelry. Any good day, you could find her in the buttons or in the jewelry counter. I bet she has more jewelry than anyone I know. I wonder what she did with all those buttons she would buy
31. She loves buttermilk- don't even ask about what happens when she drinks it.
32. She loves raw potatoes. She eats them like apples
33. She makes every table an event. Her dinner tables always look so nice, like a fancy restaurant
34. She use to love to talk on the phone- she doesn't do that as much as she use to
35. She can sew, crochet and embroider. She made my blessing dress when I was a baby, with all hand sewn stitches and tatting on the bottom.
36. She loves chinese food. We use to make noodles all the time late at night. YUM
37. She loves watermellon- when she was pregnant with me, she ate one every night, and she could finish it off. My Dad had to make sure it was cold or don't bring it home
38. We use to like to order grape coolers in SLC at the Little America- I wonder if they still make them.
39. She loved to feed the missionaries. My parents loved having them come to our home.
40. She loves diet rite pop- especially peach and white grape
41. She loves tea- I think she could float herself away with a good cup of tea
42. She makes the best soup of anyone. I love her soup and I can't make it like she can
43 She makes the best popcorn, better than the movies. She use to make it for me after school
44. She could make the best Valentine sugar cookies- and I always volunteered her for the cookies
45. She make all kinds of poems and rhymes. I use to call her to do my Show singing group programs. I wish I would of saved them now
46. She is very thoughtful. She goes out of her way to be good to everyone.
47. She loves music of every genre. She can tell you many stories about the songs we listen to.
48. She loves a good movie. She loves old movies and especially life stories
49. She loves talking to the little grandchildren. She gets such a kick out of all of them
50. She loves her Heavenly Father and taught me such good principles.
I love you muttie. I have called you that foever. You are such a grand lady, and I am glad you are here on earth. I love calling you each day, and hearing your voice. Please get well so that we can have such fun in August.
Love ya,
Berta
