My mother on her 97th birthday

We celebrated my mother’s 97th birthday in Kaaawa last Sunday. She was in good spirits, although when she arrived, she admitted that these days she’s feeling “old.”

She is slowing down, and her hearing is bad, but her memory is still pretty sharp.

We put some chicken on the grill, added some salad and pickies, opened a bottle of champagne, and enjoyed the occasion.

She picked up a book about the annual Hawaii Printmakers gift prints, which go way back. We have several of them, and she was having fun reading through the artist profiles and exclaiming over the many of them she knew at the university.

A couple of days later, we took her shopping. She explored the Goodwill Thrift Store on Beretania, then wanted to go to Savers. So off to Savers we sent, where she tired herself out looking at “stuff.”

In any case, here’s my mom, Helen Lind on her 97th birthday.