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What Moms Do

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May is a month known for lots of things. It is American Cheese month. It is Correct Your Posture Month. It is National Asparagus Month. It is National Bar-b-que Month. It is Older Americans Month. I can certainly identify with each of the categories: cheese(love it), posture(sagging badly), asparagus(okay), bar-b-que(Texas winner),  older American(am one). And of course it is time to celebrate Mother's Day. My mother was the most talented woman you would ever want to meet: could sew a costume for a doll or person without a pattern, could write an installation program for any set of officers, could make a bar-b-que sauce that generations adored hot or cold, could teach a S.S. class for any age, could play bridge with players with master points or beginners and always have fun,  and never failed to tell you how much she loved you. Most mothers have the talents that we forget about until they are gone. Teaching school brought me in contact with many wonderful mothers. At Tech I s...