Whether our mothers are still with us or they have passed, this Sunday, we are thinking about the woman who gave us life and then, in her own way, loved us and formed our foundation Moms are not perfect; we are human, but my mom was married when she was sixteen and spent the next seventy years mothering five daughters, their kids, and their grandkids. She has been gone … [Read more...]
Memories of my mother
My mother, Mildred Zora Goble, passed Dec. 21, 2007. She was 86. It has been nine years. My younger sister said, “We miss them (both parents) more, because we had them for so long.” I so agreed. My new project of rural women’s stories makes me yearn for my mom’s story. Hearing what she remembered would have been a true gift. I wonder what events would have been laced with … [Read more...]
Happy Mother’s Day Mother – and Thank YOU!
Happy Mother’s Day Mother – and Thank YOU! My remarkable mother died in 2007 at the age of 86, right before Christmas. I miss her. I wish I could again thank her and tell her I love her. I would especially like to give her a hug. Without her parenting and influence I would be a totally different person today. Her name was Millie, short for Mildred, and she was beautiful, … [Read more...]