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Things My Mother Said…Long Ago
Things My Mother Said…long ago
My Mom died in 1983. We weren’t very close for a lot of reasons I guess,but since she has gone I have come to realize what a remarkable person she was.
And every day I tell her. Things come back. Things I did not see or understand back then. There is lot to say on that but today is all about actual words from her.
She said:
In the morning we close the blinds on this side of the house and in the afternoon on this side. No such thing as air conditioning then. 1954
Some day people won’t need money. People will just use a card. For the life of me I could not figure this one out. It was long before the concept of debit. 1958
Someday a woman won’t need a man to have a baby. 1957. Since I did not know the facts of life I wasn’t sure what this meant except I knew there were Mommies and Daddies and they had children. I could not conceive why a Mommy would have children without a Daddy.
Life is hard. You have to work. All of us learned a great work ethic from our folks. I started working at fourteen, through high school and nursing. It is who I am.
Don’t look at me in that tone of voice young lady! I could never figure out how she knew what I was thinking. So much for the poker face.
Life isn’t fair. Get over it. I didn’t know if I believed this one for a long time.
This woman worked in a factory most of her life raising five of us. My Dad was super and I idolized him. But it wasn’t until I grew up that I realized what she gave, what she sacrificed to raise us and how hard it must have been.
She was Super Woman.
RIP Esther Byers Jenkins Gingerich. For you have earned your rest and are still adored by all of us here.
I Hate Dust
I Hate Dust
Not enough to disturb it. I just hate the way it is.. well so dusty. I try to live and let live and with so many clean freaks out there I figure it needs to have a safe haven somewhere.
Please do not for one minute think I am freako here its just that today everything is about bacteria and anti bacteria. We have cleaned and sanitized ourselves silly and right into risky health. We, whoever we are, have no immunity and the bugs are winning.
Antibiotics were a good thing way back when but have been so overused the bugs got smart and mutated. Now we have super bugs, MRSA, VRE, and so on. There is always a new one coming along.
Okay all that is a little over dramatic on the dust thing. Another procrastinating excuse. Any way I do get dusting now and then and it sure feels good to see every thing gleaming and shining.
By the way, on yesterdays post – I never got the door washed but I got a comment from Baxter Bunny that it is good Feng Shui to keep your doors especially the front door. That one I can embrace! The only Feng Shui I ever remember is to keep your toilet seat lid down to stop the flow of money down the drain. So naturally I do that one. I call it my financial planning strategy.
And thank you to all who answered my question seeking more Procrastination excuses..I mean reasons. Of course most had an answer but would have to get back to me sometime when they got around to it..like true procrastinators!
Now I think I’ll go wash a door!