The Dishes Can Wait.

Have you ever been to a thrift store or a yard sale and saw a book and bought it only because it was a quarter? Well ... I did just that at the local Clothes Closet Thrift Store recently.


I bought this book (Emilie Richards, Wedding Ring) because it was a quarter and also because it had a pretty picture of a quilt on it. I love quilts and the wedding ring quilt has always been a favorite of mine.

Imagine my surprise when I read the book yesterday and it really made me think about things.

This book is about 3 generations of women (grandmother is 80, mother is 60 and the daughter is almost 40). It's set in the Shanendoah Valley of Virginia and centers on that area and Richmond, VA as well. It's about the three of them spending the summer in the grandmother's farm house (alot happens) and how they grow and really get to know each other.

This book moved me to tears and made me think about alot of things.

The first thing it made me think about is ... the only way Griffin is ever going to know anything about my Dad, my Mother or both sets of our Grandparents is if we tell him. The really sad part is, I really have nothing to share about my mother. And this book concentrated on the three mother figures in the story. I really know nothing about my own mother, that's sad I think. Growing up, we didn't talk about her. So, on a whim yesterday afternoon, I tried to find the phone number to her closest friend and ask her if I could talk to her about my mother. I think she was surprised I called. And instead of going into alot of details we agreed to have lunch together the next time we visit Florida. I can't wait. I need to know about her. I'll be 41 this year. My mother was only 43 when she died. For some reason once I pass that "43 hurdle" I think I'll feel differently somehow.

That's what brought me to the title of my post ... The Dishes Can Wait. I've decided if ever my life story was written, that's what I would like the title to be. I know, I know ... my life is not "written word worthy" ... but one can think about it right???

I came up with the title for my own story last night. After dinner I usually clean the kitchen up before doing anything else. Well, last night Griffin wanted to go outside to swim in his little plastic pool. I looked at the kitchen and then looked at my son and thought to myself "the dishes can wait". As we were outside and he was playing, splashing and swinging ... I thought ... wow ... that would be a great title for a book.

So ... with today being my 600th post an all ... I would like to ask you dear readers ... what would the title of your biography be and why?

I would love if ALL of my blog readers would respond.