DID YOU EVER HEAR THE EXPRESSION "MOMMA KNOWS BEST"? WHEN MOMMA HAS 8 CHILDREN , DOESN'T DRIVE A CAR,
VERY LITTLE MONEY, SHE BECOMES A GENIOUS OF MEDICINE, CURING LITTLE HURTS.
MY MOMMA'S FAVORITE EXPRESSION WAS "LET'S LAUGH". SHE FELT THE BEST MEDICINE WAS TO SIT AROUND THE RADIO OR IN
THE KITCHEN AND JUST LAUGH.
POPPA WOULD SAY. YOU BUNCH OF HIENAS---STOP LAUGHING. YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY.
ANYWAY, LAUGHING WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING RID OF THE STRESS OF THE DAY. LAUGHING HELPED US SLEEP BETTER
AT NIGHT. LAUGHING HELPED US FORGET OUR PROBLEMS AND THAT WE WERE DIRT POOR.
WE REALLY DIDN'T NEED MUCH. BUT WE HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED. WE WERE ALLOWED TO WALLPAPER OUR OWN BEDROOMS
WITH THE PICTURES IN THE SUNDAY PAPER. WE WOULD LIE ON OUR BED AND PLAY GUESSING GAMES OF WHO WE WERE LOOKING AT AND
THINKING ABOUT.
DID I MENTION THAT THERE WERE TWO OR THREE OF US IN A BED. WE WERE NEVER LONELY. WE WERE ALWAYS WARM.
AND WHEN WE WERE SICK, SHE KNEW WHAT TO DO. I WILL SHARE SOME OF HER RECIPES WITH YOU.
