Tag: #scranton

• the woman who birthed me

  [My mother, Mary Hotchko Egan. She is striking a very ’50s pose in our backyard in Owego, NY. Photo is mine.] “Don’t toss that saucer in the air. You’ll drop it.” ~~My mother to me, sometime in the late ’60s. Of course I wouldn’t listen. I tossed it up and caught it, until I missed.…

  patrickjegan

  May 11, 2025

  A Mother, Childhood, death, Family, grandparents, In Search of Lost Time, Memories, Mother’s Day, non-fiction, owego ny, Real Personal History, Time

  #maryhotchko, #memoriesofmymother, #mothersday, #mymotherfrompennsylvania, #scranton, family, love, mom, Mother’s Day