July 1, 1948. The date is on the back of the photo. I didn't even know they had color film back then. (I am the baby in the picture.)
Grandma and Jaime
Mom at work posing with what looks like an empty file folder.
Mom relaxing. She loved to fish.
Jaime, Mom and me at Christmas. 1980
Me and my mom and dad about 1957.
Mom in a great coat. I think she was still single. Don't know what year this was. Maybe 1938?
Mom and Dad. Don't know the make or model of this car.
Rick, Uncle Glen, Mom, Dad and me at my Aunt Esther's farm house.This blog is linked to Sepia Saturday - a blog featuring great old photographs. Click on the link to see more.
My mother. I'm remembering her on Mother's Day. I have written before about her childhood at the Grandfather Children's Home in North Carolina. She was slim and pretty all her life. She never learned to drive but could walk for miles in high heels. She was a professional woman and an excellent cook. She loved movies and movie stars and taught me to appreciate movies from her era, Hitchcock such as "Rear Window" with Jimmie Stewart and Grace Kelly, "Gone with the Wind", "Rebecca" -- all the old classics remind me of her. She liked Gayle Storm and Nat King Cole. Her favorite hymn was "Old Rugged Cross." She loved to play Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit and taught us all how to play poker. She made sure we had great birthday parties and Christmas presents. Her grandchildren adored her and still do. I need to find a good picture of her and Cory because he loved his grandma so much and she loved him. She died only a few months before her first great-grandchild was born, but she "saw" a sonogram of him even though she had cataracs and suggested the name "Jonah" before she left us. She was close to all of our friends when we were young, including Darlene, who became my brother's wife after my mother was gone. My brother waited till late in life to marry. I just wanted to call my mom so bad and say, "Guess What?????" But I'm sure she knows. I can't say I exactly miss her because she feels like such a part of me and of my daughter, Jaime. Happy Mother's Day, Mom!
