Twilight in Northwest Georgia: A Mother's Day to Remember

Sunday, May 9, 2021

A Mother's Day to Remember

It's been four years since Maribel has been able to celebrate Mother's Day with her family and friends in Peru. Mother's Day means a lot to many women including Maribel so this year I was determined to do something special; something that she would remember for a long time. I'm not the most imaginative guy on the block so am pretty much limited to dinner at a nice restaurant and a memento that will be at least remembered if not cherished.

We've got a lot of local options for a nice dinner. You've got your Outback, Texas Roadhouse, Red Lobster, Smokey Bones, Ruth Chris Steak House and a host of others, but for today I wanted something above and beyond...something that spoke of opulence with quiet elegance. After an extensive internet search I found it - about an hour and a half drive in Summerville, Georgia.

Jim's Family Restaurant may not look opulent from the outside, but on the inside it looks like...your basic family restaurant. Our fear of being underdressed quickly disappeared.

You can do the buffet or order off the menu, which had a surprising amount of choices. We both had fried chicken. For the sides I opted for coleslaw and a baked potato while Maribel selected the salad bar. We were told that the chicken would take 30 minutes because each order was cooked fresh. The time passed quickly as we discussed and drank in the ambience. The food came on time as promised, was delicious, and the service was outstanding. The check was a whopping $21.25 including tax but was worth every penny of it.

Maribel expressed her satisfaction with the dinner and thanked me for the day but I said we weren't done yet. I told her that I was taking her to a store, and that she could pick out anything she wanted for her Mother's Day gift - no restrictions.

I was somewhat surprised that she didn't purchase anything. Goodwill always has a good selection of women's clothing, jewelry and other items of interest. When I asked if she'd like to go to another store she indicated that she wanted to go home...that it had been a full day and she'd had enough surprises for today.

I am glad that I was able to give her a day to remember. Happy Mother's Day, amor!

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What this blog is about

Hi. My name is Tom. I am a long-time blogger, having started in my native Wisconsin some fifteen years ago and continuing during my ten years living in Peru. I all but stopped posting to my blog when my wife and I returned to the United States and moved to Rossville, Georgia in July of 2017. We don’t actually live in Rossville. We live in one of those census-designated places, a term I really don’t understand and am not interested enough to learn about. The only practical difference I can see is that the city does not pick up our trash.

I’m starting a new blog because my old one was Peru specific, and that was yesterday. I chose the title ‘Twilight in Northwest Georgia’ for two reasons: twilight because I am old and for me age is playing an ever-increasing role in how I view myself and the world around me. And Northwest Georgia for obvious reasons. It’s not a great title but it identifies and introduces what it needs to. Good enough.

This blog is not going to have a central theme…it’s not going to be about anything specifically. I like to write and will post about anything and everything that may interest me at the moment. I do know that my wife Maribel will be mentioned frequently because she is everything to me.

A comment here about my writing style and philosophy might be in order. We live in an era of political correctness…a time when the broadcast and print media, politicians, and petty people in general are lined up like vultures, eagerly waiting to pounce on anyone for the slightest faux pas, no matter how innocent and unintended. The media do it to sell their services. Politicians do it to advance their careers by degrading others. Petty people do it because…well…because they’re petty people. It is never my intent to be politically correct, politically incorrect, obnoxious or offensive. I can be critical and sometimes very critical but try my best to be objective. I do like to praise when praise is warranted. I do have pet peeves, am very opinionated and can be very vocal about them, which in the past has drawn the ire of some readers on my old blog. But that’s life. We all have different likes, dislikes, values and beliefs. The key is how we handle those differences.

The purpose of this blog is to provide a platform for me to write. I am opening it up to the public simply because someone may find something of interest in my ramblings. Any reader comments or criticisms, provided they are civil, are welcome.