Alexis Cordova

Mom-mom's Tradition

When I was younger, before I can even remember, I received one of my longest lasting gifts. My great grandma, Mom-mom, knitted 2-year-old me a Christmas stocking. All reds and greens and whites, Santa even had a fluffy beard because of a different type of yarn she used. Mom-mom knit a stocking for all the member of our family. Her kids, her grandkids and their spouses, all of the great grandchildren. She knit me and many of my cousins more than one stocking, so that we would always have the memories and love she put into them with us. Unfortunately, she passed away in 2014 due to pancreatic cancer. My grandma was taking care of her at the time, and from my Mom-mom, she learned how to carry on the making of Christmas stockings.