Happy birthday to my mother, Betty, who was known to my sister and I as Mot, though I’m not sure I remember exactly how that came about. She would have been 88 today.
I’ve already written about my mother extensively, and will write about her again in next month’s A to Z Challenge. Suffice it to say, everyone in her family misses her very much!
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A lovely tribute to your mother! Wonderful photos!
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Thanks!
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She was quite a beauty. ☺ Nice to honor her this way.
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She was indeed, thank you!
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Such a cute name. My mother’s b-day is 3/18!
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Well happy birthday in advance to your mom!
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I love old photos and your tribute. Strangely, I call my mother ‘Mod’…. coincidences, abound! (We seem to have a lot of those lol…)
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You’re probably the long-lost sister I never knew I had. I already had a brother like that, so nothing would surprise me anymore.
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Damn, I hope not. That would be weird as hell. Especially because my parents, as far as I know, are still happily married *looks around*
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Seriously! I think I was 57 years old when I found out my father had been married before he met my mother and fathered a child, who died at age 3. Never told us. I’m not even absolutely certain that my mother ever knew, but I THINK she did.
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Why didn’t he tell you in the first place? It’s not like he killed someone. The 3-year-old died. That’s terrible.
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I doubt we’ll ever know the whole story. All the principal players are dead, and any surviving aunts and uncles with firsthand knowledge are approaching senility. At any rate, I wrote about the whole thing here:
https://lacksalot.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/fathers-and-sons-football-love-and-ice-redux/
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