Mom

One of the most memorable things that I remember about Jason is he always made me feel good.   Jason seemed to have that smile that melted your heart and the humor to make me laugh and have a feel good feeling. Mothers are to be there for their children but Jason was the glue that held me together...I hope that through the years that I have been there for him too. Heavenly Father sent him to our family for a purpose and how grateful I am that He did.  When I was pregnant with Jas I felt so pretty, so you see Jas it started long before you were born...that happy feel good feeling.

Jas do you remember the puppet you had...do you still have it? No matter what mood you were in when you went to bed that puppet always made us laugh...we both laughed so hard.  Did you ever go to bed mad?  I hope not!

As a mother I tried to overlook the errors of your ways or try not to be too hard on you and hopefully you learned from the punishments.  For instance:  The day I sent the wooden spoon to school because we received a note that you were misbehaving...I wrote a note on the back of the wooden spoon and said use it when needed.  The principle sent a note back and said he used it on each buttocks and hasn't had to use it since.

One other time you were kicked off the school bus and I made you walk five miles to school and I followed you as you walked in front of the car.  As I think back on that I'm not so sure if that was the right thing to do because if I had known better that was not the highway for you to be doing that.  We had not been in our new home very long and as the years went by I realized how dangerous that highway 213 was.

One day I picked you up at Butte Creek Grade school and I was upset about something and I was driving through Marquam at 55 miles an hour, the speed limit was 35 miles an hour, and here came the siren and I got a ticket and that just tickled you...I listened to you all the way home...That was a big thing to you...but I had to pay a $135.00 fine...YIKES!!!   I should have taken that our of your allowance but I don't think you got one at the time...or I should have had you work that off...It must have been that sweet smile.

Now to end with something positive,  Your graduation from the eighth grade...You looked so cute and "SPECIAL"  in your black suspenders and pink shirt and black bow tie.  I'm not the only one that thought you were cute!  LOVE YOU LOTS JASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Thanks for the memories Jason! Love,Mom