I got an email from Amazon.com this morning to remind me that mom’s 64th birthday is in fifteen days.
It included a link to her Amazon wishlist, of course; I forced her to create one in December of 2001. It is still there, though there are only a few things on it. I got her most of the things she added to it for Christmas or her birthday every year.
She loved to read Patricia Veryan books. My sister and I found dozens of them in her things.
September 7th, 2012 @ 10:18 pm
jennifer.gagne
Mom did not just love Patricia Veryan, she wrote letters to her and, I believe, sought her professional opinion on some of her own stories. Mom treasured the letters she received in return from Patricia Veryan. I found many while packing up her things. Man, she wanted to be a writer. I wish I had read more of her stories (or any of them really) while she was still alive so I could talk to her about them and share in her joy. I miss her.