Planning..............part 2

Eddy started reminding us of stuff that we did as kids in that house and on the property, and pretty soon I was laughing so hard I was crying!  Things like:  remember when Mom and Dad would go shopping on Saturday and we'd sprinkle salt on the linoleum and slide in our socks across the floor?  Mom would come in later, walking across the floor and ask what that crunchy stuff she was walking in! 

Then there was the time when Eddy and Keith (a friend) got a hold of 3 gallons of gas and thought it would be a good idea, at 2am to dibble the gas down the length of road (and it was long) and then set it on fire!  The entire neighborhood was lit up like the 4th of July!  Mom was waiting at the backdoor with a razor strap (which she used as a ploy to get her point across more than actually using it.  (There are some hilarious stories regarding the razor strap too - because I'd hide it.....poor Mom!)

There were countless other stories that had us rolling on the floor laughing.  Stupid things that kids get into - some like the gasoline story which could have been deadly, but for the Grace of God were not.  And then again some not so deadly like sliding through the salt.  But I can imagine how I'd have reacted had I been the Mom.  But our Mom was cool, calm and collected most of the time.  She didn't sweat the small stuff very often. 

As this project of getting Mom's house ready to sell gets underway I will try to share some of stories with you.  I wish you could all be there in the audience to watch as it unfolds.  I know there will be lots of laughter because the 3 of us love each other so much, and a lot of tears for the same reason.  This is going to be a rollercoaster ride.  

Hold on because it's going to be a bumpy ride!