Conversation With Aunt Blanche 2005

Conversations with Aunt Blanche are mostly reruns of former conversations. Blanchie is 103, still lives on her own and deserves the right to repeat herself.
Last night was different. In the middle of our conversation she said, "I wish I was sitting at the table in Mama's kitchen".
I paused for a moment, then told her that maybe heaven will be Nonna's kitchen.

Heaven is described in many ways..The dictionary e.g. " The abode of God, the angels, and the souls of those who are granted salvation". is one description.
A condition or place of great happiness, delight or pleasure, is another.

Each Sunday the family gathered for a simple supper. The sight of Nonna pouring the polenta into a cloth, the smell of her sauce, a salad bowl  filled with fresh greens from her garden, a feast for the eyes as well as the palette

Aunt Blanche wants to visit these times and experience again the love that was shared by the family.
Why not "Mama's Kitchen" for Aunt Blanche..

Photos taken at Aunt Blanche's 100th. birthday.

Aunt Blanche died in 2008...age 106