History In This House

in family •  6 years ago 

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There's A Lot Of History, In This House.


This week is All About Family, and whenever we all gather, it often brings back memories. My strongest memories in this place, of my dad, involve him in his blue comfy chair! Mom? oh, has to be the kitchen.

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Mom, Making Home

Without even thinking about it, I can picture mom, at the counter... making pasta sauce, baking bread. Mom, making, jams, jellies, cookies, or cakes. Mom, stuffing grape leaves, or stuffed shells. Stuffing peppers, or stuffed eggplant. Mom's recipes numbered in hundreds. Some, passed down from her grandmother's grandmother. Some, newly discovered, or made.

To this day, we have a half dozen cookbooks with family recipes, family pictures and family secrets, too! I've made copies for my two girls. And Like last night, or this afternoon, now, I see my girls, in the kitchen, too. Alongside me, cooking. Alongside Yia Yia, mine, and Yia Yia, their's, also known as my mom! I see those memories, too, in my eyes when I close them tight. I hear the sounds of baking dishes, and the sink. I hear the opening and closing of drawers, and oven door, and I think of all the meals that went into making this house a home!



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My mom is no longer in this world but i miss her every moment. But my dad is amazing..

I know how you feel.
Dad's no longer with us, either.

those memories as so precious... mom and dad will always be with you and right there in that house as long as you hold those memories close. Thank you for sharing them.

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yes, too true!

Live is love
and memories

It is, isn't it?
Family is love and memories too!

same with the concept of "home", home is where love and memories (old and new) dwell

What a fabulous tribute to your parents! They sound like wonderful people — and had to be, to raise someone as awesome as you!  I think it is wonderful that there are so many family recipes to enjoy and pass down to your daughters! I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful today, and thank you for breaking-away from the festivities for a bit to join us in PYPT to share this wonderful reminiscence! 😊