Mother's Day 2021

 

She was the fourth of seven children born to a farm couple with deep lineage in the western Virginia mountains long before the Civil War. She and my dad met at a community dance where he was selling tickets and actually had his eye on one of her sisters. Introductions ensued, romantic interests shifted, and they began dating. In November of 1933 they chose to face the height of the Great Depression as a married couple. 

Burlington, West Virginia, 1959

With my birth she became a full time mother and homemaker, but still found time to enjoy her church family, reading, gardening, nature, friends, frequent visits with her large family, and many weekends and summer vacations on Patterson Creek in Burlington, West Virginia. She was taken from us far too early in 1976 after a long and difficult illness. I can't thank her enough for all she did for me.

She never saw her daughter-in-law or her three grandchildren. Still, I think her love, compassion, wonderful sense of humor, and dedication to family and friends had a strong presence in our lives. It is a chain of being that I trust will continue within our family for generations to come.


Thanks, Mom. And Happy Mother's Day!