Surprise from Mom

My sweet Mom passed away back in 2004 (and I miss her so much!) but the other day I got a surprise from her!  How cool is that? 

She left me a couple of boxes of dishes, I was told that they were the dishes she and my Dad got as wedding gifts and she had saved them for me all these years.  My step-dad brought them over after she passed away.  I never opened them up.   I just had a funny feeling they weren't the right dishes and knew it would really bum me out if I found out I was right. 

Well, the other day Mark broke our platter and had the idea that he would check in those boxes to see if there was a platter in there.  Sadly, I was right.  They weren't the old dishes, but the everyday ones they used in their home.  It's a funny thing, but I was so touched by those.  She was a fabulous cook and so much of her life was lived in her kitchen--and it brought back memories of all the fun and wonderful meals we had with them when we would go for visits. 

While digging around looking for a platter, Mark stuck his hand all the way down to the bottom of the box and said "what the heck?" and pulled out a fistful of crochet hooks!    Then he stuck his hand in again and pulled out some more!  ...and again!  ....and again!!  LOL  totally cracked me up.  If my Mom wasn't cooking something, there was a good chance she was crocheting something!   AND she was a crafty-hoarder (it's where I get it! lol).   Finding  all those hooks really took the sting away from the fact that I don't, after all, have those old dishes and probably won't ever know what happened to them.  Thanks for the smile Mom..and the memories♥♥♥  You always could make me laugh!

I was inspired to make up a couple of crochet hook rolls for my Etsy shop, and I've included 7 of  Mom's hooks in each one (of course I've saved a couple sets for myself!).  What the heck, she would be tickled pink that I made them a roll to go in and  that I passed them along!