A very Happy Mother's Day to all mothers

[amadeus]

On this day of honoring mothers, I am remembering a story about my own mother [who died in 2006]. As a young schoolgirl, my mother [born in 1923] was a good student and an excellent speller, although she only completed the 8th grade. During that period of time that was probably more education than many others of that era received. She grew up in hard times including what is named the Great Depression. Her family like many families survived by growing large gardens for vegetables.
In spite of the difficulties, she attended school those few years and did well... She did so well in Wewoka, Oklahoma that when the time came for a statewide spelling bee to be held Oklahoma City, she qualified. Many years later she told us, her family, how embarrassed she was, because she had to attend barefooted. Like a lot of youngsters during that time period, she did not own a pair of shoes. She attended the spelling bee barefooted and became the Oklahoma state spelling champion.

 

[amadeus]

 

[amadeus]

In above picture my mother is in the second row down from the top and is the second picture moving from right to left. Her sister, a year younger than her is in the very top row and is the second picture moving also from right to left.

 

[Brakelite]

A very Happy Mother's Day to all mothers...
Thank you. Just for today I'm identifying as a mother. I'm allowed.

My own mother... And me.

 

[amadeus]

A very Happy Mother's Day to all mothers...
Thank you. Just for today I'm identifying as a mother. I'm allowed.

My own mother... And me.View attachment 22380

Still in the oven, right?

 

[DuckieLady]

Happy Mothers Day to other mothers on here, also.

I have 3, and I'm guessing within the next 5 years, I could potentially be grandma.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

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• VictoryinJesus
• May 8, 2022

I’m sorry it isn’t too clear. It was hard to get a picture without a glare from the glass.

my mother (Betty) with her mother (Addy).

 

[dev553344]

Happy mothers day. I miss my own mother, she was the kindest and most Godly woman I knew. She was a nurse and spent her life caring for others.

 

[Nancy]

On this day of honoring mothers, I am remembering a story about my own mother [who died in 2006]. As a young schoolgirl, my mother [born in 1923] was a good student and an excellent speller, although she only completed the 8th grade. During that period of time that was probably more education than many others of that era received. She grew up in hard times including what is named the Great Depression. Her family like many families survived by growing large gardens for vegetables.
In spite of the difficulties, she attended school those few years and did well... She did so well in Wewoka, Oklahoma that when the time came for a statewide spelling bee to be held Oklahoma City, she qualified. Many years later she told us, her family, how embarrassed she was, because she had to attend barefooted. Like a lot of youngsters during that time period, she did not own a pair of shoes. She attended the spelling bee barefooted and became the Oklahoma state spelling champion.

Wow John, that is an awesome memory! They had to eat lard sandwiches I was told, during TGD.

 

[amigo de christo]

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Its hard to tell which one you look like . best guess is you look more like the sister .
That picture has to be about a hundred years old , or close to it .
Es la dia de las madres . And to all our sisters who never had children , WE LOVE YOU TOO dear sisters .
WHO is my mother , my brother or my sister , THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE GLORIOUS LORD . SO
even the barren believer has many children too .

 

[Brakelite]

Still in the oven, right?

Oh, no. Way too early. I changed my mind about the photo but didn't change the text... So here's the original...

 

[amadeus]

Wow John, that is an awesome memory! They had to eat lard sandwiches I was told, during TGD.

As to how bad it was for them specifically, I do not know many more details, as my mother would not say much about it. She did say they rarely had any money at all. Things were very cheap, but cheap is meaningless if you have no money at all. The garden was survival!

 

[amadeus]

Its hard to tell which one you look like . best guess is you look more like the sister .
That picture has to be about a hundred years old , or close to it .
Es la dia de las madres . And to all our sisters who never had children , WE LOVE YOU TOO dear sisters .
WHO is my mother , my brother or my sister , THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE GLORIOUS LORD . SO
even the barren believer has many children too .

Yes, but here are a couple of older ones...

 

[amadeus]

My father in Sept. 1918. He was born in February

 

[amadeus]

My mother at 2 months old. She was born in Sept. 1923

 

[amigo de christo]

My mother at 2 months old. She was born in Sept. 1923View attachment 22400

Mama must have lived to be around eighty two or three .
How old was your pops when he departed this earth . If they believed in Christ they are in a far , far better place my friend .
One day all the lambs throughout all ages will be together with the LORD who has saved them .
This last generation must go out faithful as the first generation did and all lambs have done through the ages .
Oh but our end is good my friend . JESUS has conquered death for us . Let the LORD be praised my friend .

 

[amigo de christo]

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My father in Sept. 1918. He was born in February

I have a bible that my great , great , great grandmother had . She traveled in wagons across the prairie at one point .
Its an old bible my friend . It has to be around a hundred and thirty plus years .
I still ever so now and again read a bit on it . But its old and i dont want to tear it . I used to read on it a lot
and was real careful when i did . The truth is good for the souls of the believers .

 

[amigo de christo]

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My father in Sept. 1918. He was born in February

My grandmother was born in nineteen seventeen . She as a tot when the spanish flu struck .
My grandfather was born in nineteen o five . They had first hand stories of the civil war and such
from relatives . Let the LORD be praised my friend .

 

[amadeus]

Mama must have lived to be around eighty two or three .
How old was your pops when he departed this earth . If they believed in Christ they are in a far , far better place my friend .
One day all the lambs throughout all ages will be together with the LORD who has saved them .
This last generation must go out faithful as the first generation did and all lambs have done through the ages .
Oh but our end is good my friend . JESUS has conquered death for us . Let the LORD be praised my friend .

Yes, my mother had just past her 83 birthday when she died. My father was about a month past his 74th birthday. I am in between them now at 78. I will be 79 in December. I believe that my father served God all of his life. My mother may have met the Lord late in her life... but I really do not know...

 

[amadeus]

I have a bible that my great , great , great grandmother had . She traveled in wagons across the prairie at one point .
Its an old bible my friend . It has to be around a hundred and thirty plus years .
I still ever so now and again read a bit on it . But its old and i dont want to tear it . I used to read on it a lot
and was real careful when i did . The truth is good for the souls of the believers .

I hear you. I have two old Bibles that I keep carefully. One is a KJV that my father gave to my mother in 1940, I believe, on the occasion of their marriage. The other is a Luther Bible in the German script printed in 1921. I read that second one for a couple of years but set it aside when I obtained a new one in 2019.