There’s really not too much to say other than this time of year Mom is even more so on my mind than usual. It was on November 1st, 2012 that she passed away, due to complications from a stroke on October 30th. It could’ve been the 29th, sometimes I can’t remember clearly, that whole time is a blur – so, instead of trying to remember those things, I wish to remember THESE things:
Here are a few faves of mine of my Mom’s late teens/early 20’s. My how things have changed since record players!
There’s something about this photo I love – newly married to my dad, I believe their first Christmas, as I see the Barbie in his stocking she put in a joke. I love that you can tell she was taking a cleaning break – the mop is a giveaway, lol.
Few more favorites: I love her with the Brandy Alexander in her hand; she and I after she gave me a sink bath I’m sure; Mom, myself and my doll Mrs. Beasley in Atlantic City (me looking quite a bit like Harry!); and one from our snowy beach after we’d move north to the area I’m still in, from the Detroit area.
This was one from one of those “glamour photo shoot” things. I remember she was so upset because her sinuses were acting up and it had a tendency to give her these horrible puffy eyes, but I’m still glad we had this done!
Visiting Mom in the skilled nursing/rehab center after she’d broken her ankle. Harry and I took her plenty of Valentine’s Day treats! And on another visit Harry just had to bring his newest cars!
A few more random shots I love. Some while visiting her, and the one while at home. Harry convinced BooBoo (his nickname for her instead of grandma) she too needed a special Easter “Bonnet”, lol.
And finally, a photo that always makes me laugh when I see it – even as a child I was working on my photography with our Polaroid camera and driving everyone crazy!!
Those are the memories that I love and that I love to remember!
Larraine Formica said:
That photo of your Mom with the poufy hair and mop reminded me of my own mother in that period. I was a teenager at that time. Very Mad Men.
Tracey Somos-Gehring said:
That is absolutely one of my favorite photos and also makes me glad that hair styles are much less “done” these days! 😉 I’m sure it took more time for our mom’s to get out the door in those days!!! <3
Anne said:
Such wonderful memories to have captured in photos, I’v always love the unposed photos the best, so much more natural! The one with your Mom and Harry with the baskets on their heads made me laugh out loud as I have one of my Mom with one of my nephews with I believe a small bucket on her head while she was sitting on his toy car, apparently it was her safety helmet 🙂 lol
Tracey Somos-Gehring said:
Oh Anne, you made me laugh, buckets and baskets (I mean safety helmets and Easter bonnets!) on heads must be the thing to do! 😀 Its too bad I couldn’t have gotten my mom on Harry’s toy car, that makes me chuckle just thinking about it!! 🙂 And thank you for stopping by and reading! <3