I just went through all the "Angie posts" from the last several years. I am going to be re-running a few of them in the coming weeks. This one seemed perfect for today. It ran originally on June 22, 2012 right before I was leaving for Norway.
Angie gets on high alert mode when anyone in the family is traveling. She worries about each and every possible bad thing that could happen and is convinced if she does not hear from the traveler within a very short time of their arrival in the appointed destination... it means REALLY BAD STUFF has happened!
No amount of reassurance that all is well will suffice. She must KNOW they are ok. I have been known to get impatient with her when she does this. Then she has to go and make me feel bad by calling me and saying:
Angie: I miss you already.
Me: Mom, I'm not leaving until the 28th.
Angie: I know, but I am really going to miss you. I wish you were here right now.
Me: I will send you a picture and you can tape it on the lamp by your bed.
Angie: Ha, ha, ha. Don't be funny Carol, I mean it.
There is nothing like the concern from a mom! I am the same way with my kids! Thinking of you and your family!
Posted by: Kathy Pennekamp | 02/25/2014 at 07:32 AM
love that you will be reposting some of your
Angie posts--I know myself and others feel that we "knew" Angie too and miss her.
Posted by: Janet Ghio | 02/25/2014 at 08:01 AM
Perhaps we, your readers, never knew Angie personally, but by your very clever portrayals, we all came to appreciate your family ties. I so got Angie on this one. It makes me smile and see how very much alike we all are.
Posted by: Leslie J. Moran | 02/25/2014 at 08:53 AM
Always love hearing about your Mom. She was so adorable and sweet. Love that you have so many wonderful memories and look forward to having you share them. Sending long distance hugs your way.
Posted by: Barbara | 02/25/2014 at 09:09 AM
I'm going to tune in for each and every one of these 'reruns' Carol. Thank you sweet woman for sharing the memories with us again. Angie very much reminded me of my Grandma Emma and every time you shared a story with us I always ended up thinking of my favorite Grand and I adored you and Mary Ann for that. She passed way back in the 70's before they understood what they do now about the 'aging' mind. The drifting and ebb and flow of memory so my final memories of her are rather a bit sad but she loved life, had a great sense of humor and the patience of a saint. She taught me everything I know about making cinnamon rolls and bread and that 'if you're livin' you just better get on with it already, not a second of one's life should ever be missed, if you don't pay attention you could miss something very grand like the sun rising or the fact that the raspberries on the bushes are fat and juicy and need to be picked but don't tell Grandpa Joe I told you' since he preferred to do all the pickin' by himself, us grand kids got too excited and tended to trample his other plants in the process. Every story about Angie made me smile, made me remember and always touched my heart so thank you so very much for gracing us with these precious snippets of her life. I'm truly grateful. xoxo
Posted by: Susie LaFond | 02/25/2014 at 12:28 PM
LOL I am so looking forward to the Angie re-runs. Thanks!
Posted by: Linda Watson | 02/25/2014 at 03:38 PM
Read Mama Moss's obit in today's KC paper. I will look forward to your Angie reruns. Take care. xoxo
Posted by: Judy H. | 02/25/2014 at 03:54 PM
I love seeing Angie in these posts. AFter my mom died, one my older sisters went through my blog and pulled out posts and sent them to us by email. It was so sweet and sometimes so hard to read. At times like this, I really treasure having kept the blog and realize how it has become a chronicle of our lives for not just me, but for my whole family.
Please put up these great posts! You know I just can't get enough of your mom's devilish grin!
Posted by: Loretta | 02/25/2014 at 05:36 PM
I am reading others' comments and realizing that I am not the only one who has come to love Angie through your blog. Your stories about her are brimming over with love, so no wonder we have all been affected. I smiled...again...when I read this post. Looking forward to sharing in your memoir to your very special Mother.
Posted by: Chris Oliveira | 02/25/2014 at 08:12 PM
You can't help it, Carol, you are funny.
Love the Angie stories . . . Thinking of you.
Posted by: Angela | 02/25/2014 at 08:38 PM
Oh Carol, this is so Mom. You captured this part of her spot on. I'm laughing. Your rerun made her come alive again! Thanks.
Posted by: Dottie Moss | 02/25/2014 at 09:30 PM
LOVE this photo of Mom, Carol. Glad you got her on her deck with St. Francis and with her plants that gave her pleasure.
Posted by: Dottie Moss | 02/25/2014 at 09:33 PM
Such a cutie!
Posted by: Domenico | 02/25/2014 at 10:05 PM
I'm so sorry for your loss, Carol. This is a wonderful, lighthearted way to honour your mom.
Posted by: Kris | 02/26/2014 at 05:38 AM
Awhile back, I looking in Mary Ann's archives for something totally unrelated and came across a picture of your mom on a shopping trip, holding up a thong. I spewed coffee out my nose on that one!!!
Posted by: Pat P | 02/26/2014 at 07:43 AM
This makes me laugh! And oh, her mumus:)
Posted by: Krissy | 03/06/2014 at 10:34 PM
Please tell Mary Ann to re-post that pic of you and Grandma holding up a thong:) I could add to it the story of when Grandma told me about her wedding night...and you know, 9 months later Dad came. Oh geeze, I couldn't believe that conversation transpired:)
Posted by: Krissy | 03/06/2014 at 10:36 PM