Mama whistling . . . her answer surprised me.
I came down to be with my mama who recently had a stroke and care for her while my brother had several trip already scheduled. Spending time with mama has been a really great experience as we have talked on a variety of subjects over the last few months ranging from what makes you happy, loneliness, death of loved ones, and events in our family’s history. On my last several trips (over a couple years) to see her, I noticed how mama whistles as she does chores like cooking, putting dishes in the dishwasher, or shopping in the grocery store. Just random notes or parts of songs I knew. I've observed mama once in a supermarket when I heard her whistle, off key, "Strangers In The Night" in the produce section. She went on and on, oblivious to everyone around at the time. This made me want to assemble a troupe of whistlers "The Whistling Grandmas", who, dressed ala Mom circa 1960's, and whistled aimlessly through life. "Appearing at ...