Violets for a mother whose voice still lingers

Even with each passing year, I still hear my mother’s voice in my ear. She had a saying for everything. Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

An only child born in 1928, she quit high school to get married to a handsome soldier who was about to ship off to fight in World War II. Her goal in life was to become a good mother…