Happy Mom's Day (My Mom)

My Mom, in her 20's.

I Lost her a couple of years ago, at the age of 92. She was truly an amazing woman. She came to the US, from Germany at the age of 13, in 1929,,,,,,and of course, as most of us know, was THE year of the beginning of "The Great Depression."

They (my Oma and Poppy, mom, her brother and sis) moved to Eastern Washington.....Eventually had a Farm of their own, and Mom left "home" to go to school at the University of Washington.

Over the years, she lived in both Seattle, San Francisco, and eventually settled in Snohomish County. She worked for " I Magnin's" in San Francisco, taught "Shorthand/Typing/Filing at a business college in Lynnwood, (north of Seattle) She had a great job with Snohomish County in the Assessors and Commisioner's office" Around the same time, she started her "Great American Novel." Which, she never finished,,,,,,,one of my goals is to "co-write" that novel with her.

She had me at 40. We were always best friends. I learned SO much from her and my Grandparents of different cultures, different places, opportunities, change/growth. Acceptance.


I hope, if you've still got your mom, You give her a BIG hug! I'd give anything to be able to spend JUST one more Day with my Mom. But I'm thankful that I WAS There at the very end.

If you are a MOM/Step Mom, I hope you have an awesome weekend! If you aren't a mom, I hope you embrace your impact as an Auntie/friend or neighbor! (One of the biggest impacts I think I ever had was as a girl's neighbor-when she couldn't talk/share with her own mother)

Have a GREAT weekend!
Hugs, Love and a "Motherly" Bus!
Shell