The new book I’ve written about Mama is a compilation of past columns about her as well as new stories that give an insight into this remarkable woman and irrepressible, sometimes exasperating, Southern character. Mark My Words: A Memoir of Mama (available from booksellers and www.rondarich.com) is something I will always be proud of. Often when people write books or honor someone, they will say “It was a labor love.” This was not a labor of love. This was a labor of labor.