Published: October 1st 2008North America » United States » Virginia » RoanokeOctober 1st 2008


Mom and Me
Helen and her favorite son
We had several down days at my Roanoke home with my mother - Helen (91), sister Lynn (63) and sister Leslee (almost 50) who drove down from DC on Friday. A mini family reunion with only DiAnne (65) missing. Bets has adopted my family and my mom is “mom” and she loves it.
My mother - Helen, who surprises me every time I see with her energy and strength, is still very active being a homemaker for Lynn and herself. One of her favorite pastimes is bargain hunting groceries as Lynn drives from store to store burning $4 gasoline to save pennies. However there is no way to convince Helen she has not saved big $$.
We spent Friday and Saturday here in relax mode. Betty tried to catch up on her energy and I tried to find a Inet connection. Finally went to a Starbucks and got partly caught up on E-mail. Overall it was getting reacquainted and family stuff. Here are some family snaps (I know boring, but it's part of the love).
One final note - This update and the photos were not approved by Betty. She hates being photographed and them being published on


Ledden Clan - 1
The four of us on the carport
a blog could lead to my demise.
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