Mum got so much joy out of being a grandparent and the kids predictably loved her back with great enthusiasm. Mum had false teeth from a relatively young age , which she could move out and in her mouth. I only found out about this when one of the kids asked me to do the teeth [...]
Mamie’s Teeth
February 24, 2009
IW60
December 11, 2008
Mum loved the idea of being eccentric. I think in her later years she felt she had gained the right to be as eccentric as she liked. She’d often mockingly accuse me of thinking her eccentric, when I knew she loved it if I told her she was eccentric. Mum certainly liked being a sexagenarian, it came [...]
Fitzers
November 15, 2008
I guess the most prevalent memory I have of Mum is of sharing time together shopping and going for lunch. Fitzer’s off Grafton Street was always a real treat. Mum always used to say ‘I hope we’re still doing this when you’re grown up with your own family.’ I love that thought. There is a [...]
