My mother passed four years ago, at 88 years of age.  That’s a really long run for anyone.  I was reminded of her cooking recently when I was moving some recipe books and a note fell out of her 1990 edition of Southern Living. Not a lot of people know this but she invented lists.

She would have been 71 when she wrote this note. The top note references Karen’s brother getting married. He has two kids now, one in college. She then notes Mother’s Day. She had seven children, no doubt ...