Finally Friday - Mother's Day Weekend Salute

Happy Mother's Day Weekend

Here's my mom  as a young girl.  She lived on a farm and hated  it - always solemn portraits

and my mom in  high school.   Yea...wow

 

And around the time she got married

She never liked having her picture taken.  But she was so pretty.  She had reddish brown hair.  Fair skin. 

She was a good mother  - very fair, always listened, and the  worst thing to hear was her saying, "I'm disappointed in  you."  OMG.   Me (the  oldest), David, and Lori - we can all vouch for "The Talk".   No shouting, no paddling (well,  maybe for David - ha!)....just the talk...about respect, being good, behaving. 

Oh, she was fast.  You never wanted to  hear her footsteps coming down to the rec room.  She heard everything and if she thought there  was trouble, she moved fast and was ready to lecture. 

She died at age 60 from stomach cancer.   Far  too soon.   She was thrilled when  Lisa was born - ready to spoil her first grandchild.  Alas, she passed when Lisa turned one.  She  would have loved her second grandchild - Jeffrey.    And  now, she'd be over the  moon  - Lisa just had a baby boy - Myles. 

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and memories of the best.