She taught us how to ice skate
She taught us how to set a proper table
How to make the best martini ever
She taught us how to accessorize...we loved playing dress up
Speak softly but carry a big stick
How to polish silver in record time
She taught us how to speak English properly...and reminded us over and over
How to drive stick...on her huge truck of a diesel Mercedes no less
She taught us how to lose gracefully...while planning your next attack
All the "yes m'am" and "no sir's" you could imagine
She taught me how to knit. All I know is how to knit a scarf, but it's something!
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all
She taught us how to enjoy Big Band; I still have my radio set to one of these stations
While our family is extremely heart broken by the loss of such a small, strong, woman, she left us with thousands of great memories:
Crabbing off their boat on the Chesapeake
Going to dinner theaters and musicals
Paddle boating on the water at Sandy Point park
Making sure the "breakfast fairies" left us breakfast whenever we spent the night. I later learned this was so we could feed ourselves so we wouldn't wake her up in the morning - smart lady!
Swimming in their pool and then relaxing afterwards on the porch hammock eating watermelon
Researching our family genealogy and hearing stories and seeing pictures of all our ancestors
Baking cookies - snickerdoodles were our favorites!
Going to Navy football games at the Academy
Christmas mornings and her white frosted Christmas tree
There are so many more that they would take another lifetime to re-live. I hope she is looking down on us now and smiling proudly at those she left behind and I hope to make her proud each and every day until I can see her again.
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