Mom’s Sponge Cake Story

I love my mom. I am smiling so big right now. I thank God that He blessed me with such a wise woman to be my mom. She loves the Lord and taught me to as well. She corrected me when I was wrong. She taught me what was right. She guided me to follow the Bible. She & Papa are the most beautiful example of a Godly marriage that I have ever had in my life. They work well as a team even still. But, my mom also didn’t know everything.

It was a typical day. Jacob and Ezra were playing in the yard, blowing bubbles! It was summertime in 1996. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping. Life was bliss… Well, I honestly don’t remember but that sounded like a good story!

What really happened was Ezra decided to drink the bubbles. What? EZRA DECIDED TO DRINK THE BUBBLES! What child does that? (I later found out that he wasn’t the first child to do something like that.) I panicked. What to do, what to do, what to do…

Call mom! Right!? MOM! She’s raised 13 children, surely she will know!

I dialed. She answered. I “bubbled” on and on about what the boys were doing, explaining it all… and FINALLY ending with: Ezra drank the bubbles! What do I do!?

“Oh dear.” I think she said something like that. I obviously can’t remember her exact words, but it went something like this. “Betsy! None of you kids ever did something like that! Oh dear. Um. Well, let’s see.” Now her voice did get serious. I remember that because what she said next I EXPECTED to be serious. This is what she said “Betsy, feed him sponge cake!”

WHAT!? MOM! SPONGE CAKE!? We laughed. Oh, Mom! I love her.

What did I end up doing? Mom suggested feeding Ezra bland crackers and milk. She also suggested keeping an eye on his diapers. We laughed at what bubbles might do coming out the other end, too. Ah. What an wonderful woman, my mom.