1924-2009

Yesterday I received word of my mother’s passing.

Mom & Me

It was also the birthday of my precious son.

I want to thank everyone of my mother’s friends who cared for her in her failing health. The last communnication I had with her was an opportunity to tell her she was going to be a great grandmother. I called her for Mother’s Day: no answer.

We had a very strained relationship and for too many years remained distant. The memories I have of my mom are when she was a young mother with a new baby and no husband. Her parents raised me while she worked and finally met her future husband who became my adopted father. I knew nothing of this until I was almost 50!

I’m writing my memoirs and will always love my mother for giving me life.