This my mom.
I don't know how to put things in the right order yet so they are mixed up! She was a great mother. She brought up 4 kids just about all by herself. She had a quite a few jobs that I can remember. While living in Washington, I remember going with her to pick green beans. We had to put them in these large wicker type baskets. I suppose she got paid for the number of baskets but I don't know. When we lived in Wonder Lake, Illinois she was a newspaper deliverer. She delivered papers in the car. Later on she worked at a nursing home. That's where she met a little old lady named Lana and that's what we named one of our dogs because they had the same kind of curly gray hair! Then she worked at a factory named Modine. She was a nurse there but I don't know how she did that because I don't think she had any training to be a nurse that I know of. She even brought flu shots home every year to give to us! I also remember her favorite candy bar was 3 muskateers. We didn't have a very big freezer so when she went to get a half gallon of ice cream for us, she divided it up 5 ways and we had to eat all of it! On Friday nights we would go grocery shopping in Crystal Lake. Before we went, she would treat us all to McDonalds. I got the same thing every time-hamburger, fries and a chocolate shake. Remember tho in those days you could get either a hamburger or cheeseburger-nothing fancy! She was a wonderful mom. I wish she were still here enjoying her family that she worked so hard to make happy.
This my mom.
I don't know how to put things in the right order yet so they are mixed up! She was a great mother. She brought up 4 kids just about all by herself. She had a quite a few jobs that I can remember. While living in Washington, I remember going with her to pick green beans. We had to put them in these large wicker type baskets. I suppose she got paid for the number of baskets but I don't know. When we lived in Wonder Lake, Illinois she was a newspaper deliverer. She delivered papers in the car. Later on she worked at a nursing home. That's where she met a little old lady named Lana and that's what we named one of our dogs because they had the same kind of curly gray hair! Then she worked at a factory named Modine. She was a nurse there but I don't know how she did that because I don't think she had any training to be a nurse that I know of. She even brought flu shots home every year to give to us! I also remember her favorite candy bar was 3 muskateers. We didn't have a very big freezer so when she went to get a half gallon of ice cream for us, she divided it up 5 ways and we had to eat all of it! On Friday nights we would go grocery shopping in Crystal Lake. Before we went, she would treat us all to McDonalds. I got the same thing every time-hamburger, fries and a chocolate shake. Remember tho in those days you could get either a hamburger or cheeseburger-nothing fancy! She was a wonderful mom. I wish she were still here enjoying her family that she worked so hard to make happy.
4 comments:
I can see all three of you girls in your mom. What is the significance of her holding the cans of soup in one photo? Also, did she work in the Puritan store? There is a photo of her with three of you in front of that store. I LOVE the history lesson! It reminds me of the tapes we had of Grandma Gulgren telling us stories of her past.
I don't know why she was holding the soup. The picture of 3 kids is in fronn. of the gas station my dad and uncle ran. Bruce is the boy in the pix along with me and Joa
I've never seen most of those pics. She was a big baby!!
Thank you so much for sharing all this information. I'm sure I've seen these pictures before, but they have so much more meaning now with a story to go along. I'm glad your mom raised you so well...I'm sure you learned how to be such a loving and wonderful mom from her!
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