Nicholas Snyder

I am realizing that I do remember things about my mom, not a lot of specific memories of events, but there are things I remember about her.

If she didn't like something she said it was "The Pits." She liked Neil Diamond.

She used to scratch my back when I was a kid. I specifically remember her doing that in church. It always felt so good, and made me feel loved. I always felt a lot of love from her.

We didn't get in trouble much. We were good kids. I remember she would get tired of us making noise and running around the house, so she would put us on "outside restriction." We had to go play outside and give her some peace and quiet.

She made the worlds best funnel cakes. She got a funnel cake pitcher, which had a funnel spout, from Knott's Berry Farm. She told people that was were she got it, but not to get the funnel cake mix because it was the pits.

One day a Mexican man came to our house in need of help. I remember her speaking spanish to him for a while. She went to the hall closet an got him some blankets, she went to the kitchen and got him some food. I think she left the door to try and do something else for him, and when she came back he was gone.

My mom went on a Spanish speaking mission in Florida for the Mormon Church. She learned to speak Spanish fluently. Someone told me that when my mom found out she was dying she regretted not teaching us spanish. I remember she always used to say "¿dónde están mis llaves?" and

"cerra la puerta."

I remember whenever I had to go to the dentist on the way home we would stop at McDonalds. She would let me get whatever I wanted. I always got a chocolate milkshake and fries, and dipped the fries in the shake. If you haven't tried that you should. If I the dentist had given me Novocain the milkshake would run down my numb face.

She was an awesome mom. She made me want to be a good kid, and I was. She taught me how to be a good person. She was my best friend. I miss her very much.

-Nick.