This is a pretty unassuming picture, except for the fact that it epitomizes my mom. Everything about it. Glasses off and hunched over a book. A piece of advertising for a bookmark. Paperwork to be handled sitting under the book, because the book was more interesting. A calculator for doing "figure work" as she called it. A small glass of 7up. Remains of a snack. Chaos in the background. Coupon caddy for when she got around to cutting out coupons. This was a common sight while I was growing up.
This image is from a slide I took while in college. It was an under-exposed reject at the time; probably just to use up the roll so I could get it developed.
But now, now it is a treasured memory.
