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There are even people who call and say, “you know, I’m just standing here at my kitchen sink eating it straight out of the jar.” It’s that good.<\/p>\nAdam spent the weekend at my mom’s house. He’s been wanting to help make jam for a long time and finally we had a plan in place. <\/p>\n
Mom has been making jam to sell since I was 17. It started in the kitchen; but quickly demanded a space of it’s own so it got moved to the basement where it quickly took over half the space. At any given moment, there are probably a thousand jars of jam in her basement ready to head out the door to make many people in Virginia happy. If you live anywhere in central Virginia, look for jams by “The Family Fruit Basket.” And if you don’t live there, well, I can get you connected. There are even people who call and say, “you know, I’m just standing here at my kitchen sink eating it straight out of the jar.” It’s that good.<\/p>\n
Adam likes to help label and mostly I suspect he wonders around feeling important and talking non-stop. Apparently he did listen this time instead of just talking because he informed me that Dorcas is a picky eater and Geneva eats very slowly. “Or wait,” he said, “maybe it’s Dorcas that is slow and Geneva is picky. I can’t remember anymore.” Later he said he had them all write their names and their ages on his paper. “It’s my very important papers, Mommy.”<\/p>\n
I couldn’t believe how much I missed him. Even the talking. In fact, very much the talking. It was dreadfully quiet here. Today on the way to town he said, “Mommy, what does scuffling mean?”<\/p>\n
I tried to demonstrate on the dash with my hand the difference between steps and scuffling.<\/p>\n
Adam: “Mouses scuffle.”
Me: “You mean mice?”
Adam: “Yes, mice scuffle.” short pause “Mice stink when they’ve been dead a long time.”
Me: “Yes they do. Who told you that?”
Adam: “Oh, I just thought it up in my brain. See, I knew that animals stink after they are dead so I just thought in my brain, ok, so mice, if they’re dead, stink.”<\/p>\n
And then as we were driving home he sighed and said he wished he could make jam again. And only a moment later he said, “I wish Pooh were here.”
David: “Pooh? Are you feeling lonely?”
Adam: “No, I’m just being like Piglet. ‘entirely surrounded by water’.”<\/p>\n
And if only I could remember the twenty-one great chuckles inbetween.<\/p>\n
Oh, Adam. I’m so glad you’re home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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