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The linked webzine article was written and photographed by my niece. I treasure my mother. She's such an incredibly hard working, sharp witted, happy, soft-hearted soul. I grew up in a family of 8. After the last one of use was out of diapers, she started working full time as a teacher for the visually impaired. She did all of our laundry, cleaned the house and cooked. She has always been a very good cook, even though much of what we ate was cafeteria style...casseroles and such. I never heard her complain one damn time about having to feed us. Despite her soft heart, she is tough as nails. She lost 3 of her brothers to suicide, my brother to suicide and my father to cancer when he was 50. She remarried Roland about 15 years after my father died. They have a mutual love of food, fine dining and good wine. https://foodasaverb.ghost.io/nana-sunday/
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Good for you, Paul! My Mom’s been gone for 20 years, it there ain’t a day goes by that I don’t think of her, and thank God for her. Mom was a Hunky, 2nd generation Slovak. She set a helluva table! Great cook, and a wonderful lady. It’s good to hear from someone who knows what their Mom’s are worth! Say hello and God Bless from someone who knows what a gift they are! Reon
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That's cool,sadly the concept of family cooking/dinning seems to be a lost art.
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A very nice tribute. Enjoyed reading it.
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Good job Paul! One must give credit when due !
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Great tribute, I really enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing
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Outstanding
I’m from a family of cooks and I can relate.
Sad for most of today’s families as the importance of food and cooking has gone by the wayside
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Well done Paul. Good on you for honoring your mom.
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Sounds like my Grandmother's house.
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Very nice, lost mine when I was 16, she was 37
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Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
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I’m from a family of cooks and I can relate.
Sad for most of today’s families as the importance of food and cooking has gone by the wayside I think my niece did a great job of capturing the full essence of an evening meal at Mom's. At their age, with their diminishing mobility, their day is built around dinner. With our busy lifestyles, we often don't slow down enough to enjoy "visiting" over a meal. It's a treat to visit them and relax over food cooked with love.
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Very nice, lost mine when I was 16, she was 37 Oh man, I hate to hear that. Way too young.
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My sister texted the link to me while I was sitting in a restaurant eating breakfast this morning. When I came to the picture of Mom's hand hovering over the Dutch Baby, tears flowed from my eyes. I got her soft-heart for sure.
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Very well done Sarah ! Truth There’s something magical that happens around a dinner table. Whether a carefully crafted experience or a pizza picked up on the way home from work, the concept of the dinner table remains a sacred place to me because of Nana.
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One difference is my late mom took us when old enough and had us do housework and learned cooking and baking, she prepared us for life by not doing it all.
The difference between a good mom and a great mom.
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You're a lucky man for having a mother like that, my mother and both grandmothers were like that as well.
God Bless Nana!!
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Sounds like a great mom Paul she's worked hard in her life.
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