I don’t usually post really personal information on the blog, but my small readership consists mostly of friends and family, and I think it is appropriate to let you all know that my Mom, Betty Carr, passed away last Sunday night. She would have been 89 this August.
I find it helps me to look back and remember earlier days and the good times we had as a family, often centered around adventures in the outdoors – camping, hiking, boating, summers at the beach.
I have a lot of pictures but not many are digitized. But I did find this one, which my friend Sybil used in a video she put together for my 60th birthday last year. That’s me on the right, my sister on the left. Not sure who is in the background, but surely my Dad took the picture.
Mom and the family in the 1950's
So this is how I like to remember my Mom (well, not with the cigarette – she and Dad quit smoking a long, long time ago!)
Twisp of Fate 
That’s a very nice way to remember.
Please accept our condolences on the passing of your mom.
Peggy & Rebecca
Even though you know it’s coming, it doesn’t make it easier. It takes courage to go through the death of a parent. I’m sure it helped her leave the world knowing that you have a happy healthy life and are well taken care of.
I’m so sorry about your mother. You are in my gentlest thoughts.
Katie — I’m so sorry to read about your mom. You are in our thoughts.