In all the excitement of the snow, I had forgot that 30 years ago Monday, my mother passed away.
It seems so long ago, but so recent.
I do enjoy the stories you all share about her and would invite those anytime. She would have loved FaceBook and would have been getting herself in trouble often with her opinions.
I remember her letters to the editor, especially one that stood up for her fellow teachers after an editor of a local paper had criticized them in an editorial. I remember her sitting down at her typwriter and writing it in a heated manner. Without the benefit of spell check, she made a couple of errors. The editor of the local printed her letter with all of it's errors noted and made some comment about a teacher not being able to write.
You never got the jump on Mom. The next week she paid for an ad in that paper in the Help Wanted section, something to the effect of: Proofreader needed for local letter writer, must be able to correct grammar and spelling errors of a 2nd grade teacher. Game, set, match Alice Bowers!
The week before she passed we set a standing appointment to play scrabble on the next snow day. We were never able to meet for that game and I remember that to this day.
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| Alice L. Bowers |
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