Today would have been Mom's 80th birthday.

Today would have been my Mother's 80th birthday. I recall Jim Croce's song "Photographs and memories, all that I have left are these to remember you....All the love that you gave to me, somehow it can't be true, that's all I've left of you."








My Mom and me






A close knit family of three for 60 years.



We are holding hands in this picture. She was ALWAYS there for me all my life.



She played with me...games and crafts. She spent hours painstakingly making clothes for my Barbie dolls.



My wedding day. The day I moved away from home.



Mom and Dad looked so happy.



Mom loved Cape Cod and birds.







She loved her grandkids so very much and spoiled them rotten.



Her favorite granddaughter, Tiffany.
Her favorite grandson.


Her favorite husband who she stood beside for 61 years.


















She loved her birds and all animals.



She loved listening to Dad play the piano (especially with a bird on his shoulder).













Photographs and fond, loving memories remain.

Ode to Jason Castro

Well, I knew it was inevitable. Jason is off the American Idol. I loved his uniqueness. Also, it seems like all the others had more experience than him. Even young David A. has been in competitions and performed. I would rather they limited American Idol to people who hadn't performed or recorded before--give someone like that a chance. Well, back to Jason.. it's true I did not like his "I Shot the Sheriff". It's interesting though the publicity about all this. Even Simon Cowell said that Jason intentionally flubbed the words in the second song because he wanted to be voted off. They are even showing that he mouthed the words, "don't vote" when his numbers were shown. Rumor has it that he wants to go home to his girl friend and that he doesn't want to go on tour. I don't know what kind of legal problems he would have with that. I don't care so much about the tour, but I sure hope he doesn't give up on his career. I would buy his Cd's more than any of the others because he is different. In fact, I have bought several of his songs off of I-tunes. I don't want this to be the last that we hear of Jason.

So, now Jason is saying "hallelujah" and "what a day for a daydream" as relaxes "forever in blue jeans" "somewhere over the rainbow". "If I fell in love" with Jason, he better not disappear leaving me forever wishing for more like I felt about Jim Croce.

David Archeletta now gets my vote for idol.