This is a copy and paste introduction from our Mother's Day in 2016 with the dates changed.  This year, Mother's Day is celebrated on May 10, 2020.  For many decades, we celebrated Mother's Day with our immediate family, Mom and Pop, friends and a few "in-laws" at our home, but since my bride's brainstem stroke about fourteen (14) years ago, we had to cut back on many of our larger annual events and have relied on restaurants to help fill in the gap.  My bride was the driving force behind such gatherings and she really misses them held at our home.  She did all the planning, decorating, artistic touches, baking, stove top cooking, etc., and I handled all the brawn stuff on the grill and deep fried turkeys.  I am sure the date on our birth certificate has a little to do with our scaling back as well........grin if you must!  Both the Adcock and Porter Klan definitely know how to do some serious food preparation as evidenced by the many hundreds of pixs published on this website.  Whether celebrating at our home or out and about, the friendship and fellowship shared along with a good meal makes the occasion a lasting memory!

As far back as I can remember, our families have celebrated Mother's Day which was indeed a very special day for our Mothers and our Spouses!  The Holiday goes back to the Roman and Greek era, but the Christian Holiday was instituted in the USA around 1908 and usually celebrated on the second Sunday in May each year.  My bride of 52 years wrote a beautiful poem titled, "White Flowers" in memory and honor of her Mother Nellie Adcock who died August 7, 1974.

My bride aka Joyce, read the poem during a Mother's Day program at The Wadesboro Church of God and a real tear jerker for sure!

I have a sound file in .mp3 format which is 5.92 Megabytes, therefore, click on file and save as instead of streaming the file.  I also have a transcript of the poem here.  My Grandma Della Coley also died that same year who raised me as her own son and I sure do miss her.

This years Mother's Day Celebration was very low key and we had the local Porter Klan with us.  We do miss our Son Bill, Jr., and his family out in Vista, California, of which Bill called and left a message and my bride returned his call later in the day.

With the coronavirus and all the restaurants closed except for take out and/or drive through, staying at home was the logical thing to do.  There are currently thirty-eight (38) confirmed cases of the coronavirus here in Anson County, NC and don't think it has peaked yet in my humble opinion.

I opted to do a pot of Chicken n Dumplings, but my bride wanted me to do some hamburgers on the charcoal grill and hot dogs with baked beans (Van Camps from the can which I supercharged a little), potato chips and a few condiments.  I told my bride I would also do some venison grilled back straps aka loin straps for Travis and Trevor Huneycutt who loves them.

Those attending were: Joyce aka my bride, yours truly, Laura Porter, Travis and Trevor Huneycutt, Lisa, Lily and Xander Gonzales.

MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS

Bill and Nichol Porter sent my bride the tulips on the right and Travis and Trevor Huneycutt brought her the flowers on the left.  Below are a couple close ups of the flowers:

I told my bride about mid to late in the week that I forgot to get her a card since I have been going like a one leg man in a dance contest pared up with a one arm female wall paper hanger.....grin if you must! 

My bad on taking pictures today, of which I didn't take many.

CHARCOAL GRILL PIXS

I believe I grilled about fourteen (14) burgers of which I used a recipe I call stretch burgers and they were at least 1/3 pound or more for most of them and grilled Lily a hot dog wiener.

VENISON BACK STRAPS AKA LOIN STRAPS

I hand cubed the venison back straps as evidenced by the indentations in the meat.

I still have mental images of Travis and Trevor Huneycutt as small boys anxiously waiting for those back straps to come off the grill.  I couldn't grill them fast enough for those boys.

It was great today to see them still enjoying them like ole times! 

My bride looked after the Huneycutt grand boys (Travis was 6 months old) and Trevor from day one while their Mother Laura worked and they were our boys for sure.  My bride cared for them until they enrolled in school and would pick them up after school until my bride went back to work around 2002.  Travis Lee on the left is 25 years old now, if I am not mistaken....time goes by quickly for sure.

Above is a pix of yours truly and the Huneycutt Grand boys putting out corn for the deer:

PIXS AROUND THE TABLE

Above pix archived from 2019.

The above is my slice of the Apple Cake and it was delicious.

Lisa and Lily with a good grin going!

Xander McKnight Gonzales with a big chunk of cake.  He finished up his larger burger!

Lily likes the camera too!  Both Xander and Lily are "South Paws."

Lily said "Take my Picture" and I got one of her and she immediately had to view it!

LILY'S ART WORK

Lily was left un-supervised for less than a minute while we were in the kitchen and dining room; this is the results above.  Lipstick on the wall paper.

Lisa asked Lily what she was doing and she said, she was doing her ABCs.  Hope Mr. Clean will do his job.  My bride waited until everyone left before she related this too me...I just grinned and shook my head; kids are kids!  Lily did the same thing earlier a few weeks ago and I believe I got a little upset was the reason my bride related the incident to me after everyone had left today, however the earlier crayon markings cleaned up ok.  We try and Lily Proof our home as much as possible, but Lily Girl is very resourceful and will seize an opportunity very quickly.  

Myself and Laura avoided the camera and my bad for not getting more pictures.

After the meal, Laura, Lily, Xander, Travis and Trevor went out into the front yard and Lily and Xander kicked and threw the soccer ball around. 

We had a great time and wish the West Coast family could have been here with us.  We did have Mother's Day 2018 with Bill and Nichol at their home in Vista, CA and had a wonderful time. 

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LILY PROOFING MY BRIDE'S ROOM

My bride has a small lamp table next to her power lift chair that has a pull out drawer with all kinds of odds n ends stored and a super magnet for a small kid such as Lily.

I decided to install a drawer lock on that lamp table and also the main pull out drawer on the built in home made desk that my bride uses for her pc and other things.

Below is a pix of the lamp table drawer contents emptied out onto the kitchen island/workstation:

DRAWER LOCKS INSTALLED

The lock needed a 7/8 (.875) inch diameter hole for the cylinder lock body, however the closest Forstner bit I have was around .902 inches in diameter which worked out fine.

As evidenced by the pixs, this room is well used!

The built in home made desk and upper open shelving unit came with the home and serves by bride well and the main drawer is now Lily Proofed!

LILY'S REACTION TO THE DRAWER LOCKS

The next time Lily was here, it didn't take long before she tried to pull the drawers open and told my bride, "It is broke", of which my bride said it is stuck and you better go get Paw Paw.  Lily quickly said, "I will" and came into the living room and said "follow me" and I went with Lily into my bride's recreation room.  I pulled on the drawer and said, "It is stuck."

A few minutes later, I noticed Lily had a small metal fingernail file trying to open the locking device and got a good chuckle to myself.  She knew something went into the drawer lock to open it, since I let her open and close one of the kitchen island door locks which normally has a key left in one particular door that doesn't want to close fully and will keep it locked most of the time. 

Below pix of some of the kitchen drawer locks installed on the island/workstation which is also a "gold mine" for small kids when left alone for a minute or two.........grin if you must.

NOTE:  My bride chastised me a little because the drawers and doors of the island/workstation needed some serious cleaning, of which I used plenty of "elbow grease" and the island/workstation looks good as new now.  The back side of the island/workstation has three bar stools and my bride and myself use it for our meals instead of the dining room.

We had the kitchen island/workstation custom built by a cabinet maker in Polkton, NC (now deceased) and asked him to use the 1950s era tongue and groove knotty pine wood to match the walls of the kitchen and dining room.  My bride was very upset because he used knotty pine plywood instead of the pine tongue and groove knotty pine boards.  It was not what she or I wanted, but we accepted it anyway.  Later, I located some knotty pine tongue groove boards and had a couple carpenters install the tongue and groove knotty pine boards on the ends and back of the island/workstation.  At that time, I did not have a woodworking shop, whereas you needed a table saw to cut the boards with a forty-five (45) degree miter for the corners.

Counting the kitchen drawer and door locks and the two locks just installed today, there are a total of seventeen (17) drawer and door locks in service with 15 keyed alike and the last two keyed alike, but keyed different from the original 15 installed.

This should keep Lily girl at bay for a while and she will seize any opportunity to get into mischief which is more or less curiosity and normal behavior!

Above pix of Miss Lily helping her "Paw Paw" make a batch of hot cakes on 05-16-2020.  I enjoy watching that "south paw" stir.  She is standing on a small step stool my bride uses while setting on the bar stool and when Lily is helping Paw Paw wash dishes.  It is about the correct height for her even though she stands on her tip toes......grin if you must.

Due to small business closures brought about by COVID 19, Lily will not let anyone cut her hair but "Miss" Shannon, whereas Lisa has her bangs pulled up on top of her head and noticed some had come loose....another grin is in order!  Lily is certainly a baby doll for sure.

Children are a blessing from our God and adds so much to ones Life!  Anyone that supports abortion, the murder of unborn babies is not a Christian in my humble opinion!

Web published update by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 05-18-2020