Once upon a time there were two sisters named Emily and Susan. Emily was the oldest of 4 girls, and Susan was the baby. Grown up, and living next door to each other, these two sisters spent almost all their time together. Emily and Susan used to try and find ways to make a little extra money so they could enjoy the small things like a coke and potato chips.
So they got the idea to gather up as many coke bottles as they could and turn them into Win Dixie for .10 cents a bottle. (You used to be able to do that back then.)
So off they went, a-searching for every coke bottle they could find...and filled up an entire paper bag, over-flowing, with coke bottles. The two sisters hopped in the car and headed down to the grocery store.
Not really my mom.
Emily picked up the bag, which was quite heavy and started up towards the store with her sister Susan by her side. Noticing that she was struggling, and probably looked a bit silly, she passed the bag off to Susan and said,
"You go take it in, I'll wait outside!"
Susan, being smaller than Emily, struggled a little bit more, but felt confident she could take this over-flowing bag of coke bottles into Win-Dixie. She struggled along, not realizing some left over coke in the bottom of the bottles had dripped down to the bottom of the paper bag, making it easy to tear. When she was nearing the door, that's exactly what happened. The bag tore open and their 50-something coke bottles hit the ground, shattering, making an ear piercing noise. Emily took off running to the car even more embarrassed than before, and a little shook up.
"You go take it in, I'll wait outside!"
Susan, being smaller than Emily, struggled a little bit more, but felt confident she could take this over-flowing bag of coke bottles into Win-Dixie. She struggled along, not realizing some left over coke in the bottom of the bottles had dripped down to the bottom of the paper bag, making it easy to tear. When she was nearing the door, that's exactly what happened. The bag tore open and their 50-something coke bottles hit the ground, shattering, making an ear piercing noise. Emily took off running to the car even more embarrassed than before, and a little shook up.
(not really my mom)
Susan saw her running and ran after her. Susan got to the car and said,
"Why did you leave me?!"
Emily replied, "It made such a loud noise Susan!"
Susan got inside and sat down, a little out of breath. Emily looked over at her and said,
"Guess we're not getting a coke and potato chips today, are we?"
"Guess we're not getting a coke and potato chips today, are we?"
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That story is about my Aunt Susan and my Mommy. I have been missing my Mom a whole lot lately. (Along with my Dad of course.) So I called Susan and asked her to tell me some stories about my Mom when she was my age. This story was so endearing to me.
RIP Emily Granger Thompson, February 1, 1953-July 2, 2006
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