Mom

 It's now 21 years since Mom passed away!

I'm just a year younger than she was when she passed away. I really feel that 64 was too young for her to die.

One enduring memory I have of Mom is her reading to me! She read Little Women, Heidi, and The Water Babies; those are the ones I remember. I'm sure there were others. I can remember the stories of Little Women and Heidi, but I don't recall The Water Babies. I have a copy somewhere, I'll have to find it and read it one day!

Just some photos of Mom over the years!

Very young Mom

She told me she was 19 in this photo, but I don't know!  I don't know why I have this photo. I found it in my jewelry box a few years ago!

At work

This brings back memories! When I was 16, I went to college for a year, like high school but for a trade. To make a bit of money, I worked as a cleaner with Mom. I thought it would be easy, but Mom was a real task master! This is in the first place we worked, a small bakery/ coffee shop. Here it was just the two of us. Later, Mom got a job as a supervisor of, I think, 10 ladies, including me!  A lot of fun but a lot of hard work!

Christmas, maybe just before I came to Japan

Mom loved Christmas, even though there were no kids, she still put up two trees, even the kitchen got decorated!

Visiting with Mikey. I have to find some of the photos with the other kids! She loved her grandkids. She would send toys and books almost every month for them!  

I miss Mom! Even though I was in my 40s when she passed away, it was hard. I guess it doesn't matter how old you are. Losing a parent isn't easy!