Lima Beans, Sweet Potatoes and Turkey Legs....

One of my favorite meals is lima beans, sweet potatoes and turkey wings or legs.  I grew up on it and to this day, feel comforted by it.  Today my momma, who cooked me that meal more times than I can count, would have been 78 years old.  I remember her with joy in my heart because of the things she taught me (how to be a girl, a woman, a lady, a wife, a mom).  I know the seriousness of clinical depression because of her; a woman with devout faith, but real issues with chemical imbalances that would cause a need for medication to simply want to get up in the mornings.  I smile at some (many) of the things I say and do as she did because I now believe them to be true, though back then, I was doubtful.  I am a practical diva with only semi bourgeois taste that include designer handbags and shoes because ....I was raised that way :o)  (that's my answer and I'm sticking to it!)  I know that it's best to just...be quiet sometimes and let a husband (a man) reign supreme.  Okay, well....I'm working on it as an actual practice.  I am that I am in great part because of momma!  Continue to rest in peace...Marsell Bullock Williams.  You are gone but never forgotten.
Here's to her favorite poem and inspiration! 

Don't Quit

by Anonymous

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and its turns, As everyone of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about When they might have won, had they stuck it out. Don't give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than, It seems to a faint and faltering man, Often the struggler has given up When he might have captured the victor's cup; And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out The silver tint of the clouds of doubt And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, It's when things seem worst that you must not quit!