The Worst Daughter-in-Law EVER!!

By Pam Jorgensen -
So in my quest to remember my mother for Mother's Day, I totally failed to remember my Mother-in-Law. What a dolt! I really want to blame it all on swimming lessons, or my new stake calling, or my old age, or my silly husband (it's HIS Mom for heaven's sake), or my needy children, or school coming to an end, or the moon aligning with the fourth star from the left...really, no excuses. I'm a dolt.
I love my Mother-in-Law, Jackie Jorgensen or G-ma to my kids. She's the June Cleaver example in my life. She loves my kids with such gusto, it takes my breath away. She is 70 years old and still running life's marathons: taking trips to see her kids, helping them move, taking them in to her home while in transition, planning fun things for grandkids to do, remembering each and every birthday and other holidays like Mother's Day (again, I'm a dolt). She never stops.
John and Jackie Jorgensen
 G-ma on her 70th birthday - one of her son's painted a big 70 on her lawn

G-ma and G-pa with Rylee, Chase and cousin Aryn - they always volunteer to sit with the kids at restaurants so us parents can chat with each other
My kids adore her. In fact, it took one of my kids writing about her for schoolwork that made me want to post this. Thanks, Mitch, for trying to redeem our family to G-ma.
Mitch had made a scrapbook throughout the school year with interviews, letters to his future self, poems, likes, dislikes - it's a fun piece of work. As I was looking through it I found these 2 pages about his love for his G-ma. Click on the pictures for easier reading.

This one is sweet and tender - you can just feel his love for G-ma oozing out of the paper

This one is all boy but his favorite place in the world really is Moberly, MO...but more importantly it's G-ma's house.

I'm sorry, Mom, that we failed you on Mother's Day. Can we proclaim that May 28th be Jackie Jorgensen Day here in Gilbert, AZ?? We love you more than we can express.

Carson just told me I'm a "twit". Truth hurts, eh?

Comments

Brooke Jorgensen said…
Candace will be experiencing Moberly this summer :]
May 29, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Jackie Jorgensen said…
I was really touched by your tribute. Your right Pam, Scott did have other things on his mind. Time heals hurts though. Mitch I was really touched by your Grandma outline and description of Moberly. I sure am glad you kids love to come home. We LOVE to have you. Looking forward to June 17 and the 4th of July! See you all soon! Love you, G Ma
May 29, 2008 at 6:55 PM
crapaw said…
You may think you are a dolt and Carson may call you a twit, but you're not yet a dork or a dorkasauris or a dorkasauris rex -- yet!
Love, Dadasauris Rex
May 30, 2008 at 6:06 AM
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