Timeless memories

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Today is the anniversary of my mother's death and at this time I am reminded of the many wonderful times and memories that we created over the years. There were plenty of times when I would think my mother was evil and just wish she would butt out of my life. But there were more often than not times and events that I am and was grateful my mother was around to help me or support me. Now with her gone the first is but a forgotten memory and the latter is all that really remains. I remember the time back when it was legal to use corporal punishment in the home I was maybe 10 years old at the time and I can't recall what I had done but I do recall that it must have been bad enough to deserve a hiding. I recall my mom sending me into my room and my mom following me up the passageway to my shared bedroom with a long-handled wooden spoon in hand and coming after me like the trunchball from Matilda. ( Ironically I had recently read that book) When mom arrived in my bedroom she ordered me to the bed and told me to bend over to receive my punishment. I bent over the bed and waited for contact but as I heard that swishing sound of the movement of the wooden spoon, i winced and jerked my body out of the way and the wooden spoon made contact not with me but with the edge of the bed and the handle snapped. Being 10 years old and so surprised it didn't make contact I cracked up laughing and my mother had to leave the room because even though she was mad at me she too could see the funny side of it. I never did get any further punishment for whatever it was I had done. I also recall one Christmas day my mom sitting in her living room chair relaxing after eating Christmas dinner and waiting for dessert one particularly hot Christmas day my mom wished she could have something to cool off with. walking into the living room with a bowl of ice cream and tropical fruit triphel. As mom said this I trip over the corner of a floor rug dumping the whole bowl into her lap. and recall my mom saying that's not quite what I meant these are 2 memories I have of my mom and will always take with me in life. rest in peace mom may we be reunited again someday.