A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the Moms looking in. Like a lot of you, I think of my Mom every day. My dad passed away suddenly when I was ten years old and my Mom had to raise 9 of us all by herself. She was always firm but fair in discipline, and the standing rule around the house was "If you don't work, you don't eat!" That meant make sure your chores and home work were finished before any thing else was done. She was always supportive of what our interests were and put up with the noise and smells of both model airplanes and later on, dirt bikes when my wallet allowed it . During WW-2, my Mom worked at a local hat factory and like most manufacturers at that time, the hat factory made products for the war effort. This particular plant made cargo and bomb parachutes, so my Mom was VERY adept at making nice parachutes from old silk scarves that we would tie weights to the ends of the shroud lines, then roll up to throw as high as we could and watch them float down. She started me on collecting model airplane magazines when she consented to getting me a subscription to American Aircraft Modeler magazine when I was in the eight grade for my birthday. She was the best cook, the best seamstress, the best nurse and the best friend anyone could want to have and I sure would like to have one more pumpkin "birthday pie" made by her!!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM!!
Dan McEntee
Topic: Mothers (Read 610 times)