Creatively Looking at My Second Interview...

The other day in class we had a chance to look at our interviews closer, with a more creative purpose behind it. This turned into being writing poetry by using the words and phrases our person said throughout the interview. I had an emotional interview with my mom after hearing why the Beef Barn is so important to her. I never realized the family connections that she had, which were connections made before her kids, before her husband, but when she was also a kid.
So for this poem, to clarify, it is all in my mom's words and her perspective.
 

Because it Reminds Me of My Mom

My earliest remembrance of the Beef Barn is of going there with my mom and getting a coffee shake.

No where else can make a coffee shake better than the Beef Barn.

It reminds me of my mom.

It reminds me of my memories with her.

My mom loved coffee shakes, so I loved coffee shakes....

She got me hooked.

I introduced my kids to coffee shakes by bringing them to the Beef Barn because it was like sharing a moment with my mom, with her future grandchildren, that she was never able to do.

Granted... none of you guys liked them when you were little-

But now, still to this day, my son cannot go into Beef Barn and not order a shake.

It's community.

It's family.

I go back for the good food,

the service,

the memories.

A coffee shake at the Beef Barn is more than a shake...

It's remembering those short, what seemed like insignificant moments, with my mother.

Every time I order a coffee shake, I feel like I'm sharing that moment with her.