And to my Grandma!!!
And, to my sisters.......and my cousins.....and my aunts........and all of my
friends and blog visitors!
And especially to Willa, my favorite co-blogger and best friend.....who is this week........
The Mother of the Graduate
&
The Mother of the Bride
!!!!!
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Going back only a few generations, my grandma was the
offspring of these two people....
My Great-grandparents, William Henry & Era Lee
She was a Winn & he was a Goodwin. Kind of
funny.
They were only 11.5 and 17 years when they married.
This is May Alleen & Ira James.
She hates her first name and goes by Alleen,
but mostly "Mom" and "Grandma," and he went by
Jim.
I think this is their 25th wedding anniversary....
...in which case, I must have been born already, I am
guessing.
And Alleen & Jim gave birth to BeverLey Kaye, my mother.
And Alleen & Jim gave birth to BeverLey Kaye, my mother.
My mother was born in Texas, but here above, my grandma with
my mom as a toddler, and my Uncle Louis, her older son, are visiting California.
This is Morro
Bay and Morro Rock which looks much more busy now than it does in this
photo!
My grandpa with my mom as a toddler, and my Uncle
Louis.
My mom and her younger brother, Stephen.
My mom with her older brother Louis and her younger bro,
Stephen.
A school photo of my mom.
The next bunch of photos were taken in 1955 when my mom and
her parents and younger brother came from Texas for a visit to California, just
before they moved to California.
Their first visit to the Pacific Ocean?
....my grandpa, always ready to play, with my mom and Uncle
Steve.
My mom and her younger brother Steve.
My mom.....
My mom......
My mom........
My mom and her brother Stephen with a friend or cousin in the
middle.
Then, my mom grows up and gives birth to me after one year of marriage to my dad.
Then, my mom grows up and gives birth to me after one year of marriage to my dad.
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You are going to love the sixties look in these
photos......
My mom with me.....notice the clock, the scarf.......the
clothes
My mom with my first sister......notice the chairs, the
sandals.....glasses and "sideburns"
My mom and my dad and me at her elbow, at a Christmas
meal.
Am I whining???
My mom with the black scarf.....with me next to her.....my
sister Teresa in the high chair......Uncle Louis and Aunt Martha on the
right......and my grandparents on the left, with my cousin Mark. That's my dad's
arm. We often went to this Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles......very
authentic.......I only remember tortilla chips...........and a man singing with
his sombrero......"Ai, Yi, Yi, Yi" :)
My mom in the blue dress, me in the red..........Uncle
Rex......who later abandoned Aunt Ruth. :/
I always loved this photo of everyone dressed up.....and
posing in front of a tent!
This is my mom, my little sister Teresa........my dad's
mom....and me!
Love their dresses!
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My mom did lots of really cool things for me when I was
growing up. I have a serious amount of samples below..........
My sister Teresa and I with our cousins Mark and
Michael.
My mom would always set a lovely "children's table" for us at
Christmas and Thanksgiving.
She also sewed our matching dresses.
Oh, and curled my extremely STRAIGHT hair!
She always made a beautiful Christmas tree for us.
My grandma feeding cousin Michael..........Aunt Martha in the
blue....my mom in the red...and my sister and I and Cousin Mark opening many
presents.
Another Christmas.........and another dress my mom made for
me...........this time she knit it. I may still have it. Though you can barely
see my sister behind me........she crocheted that dress.
My mom and Aunt Ruth are on the couch.
My mom threw great birthday parties for me!
A bunch of friends and relatives.........at the park in
Westchester, California.....
......the park I "grew up" at. My dad in the Mickey Mouse
shirt.....he has not changed much!
My mom in blue with sun glasses. I am in center with
present.
Another year, another party........same park :)
Must have been a cool April day in Los Angeles.
I am the gal with her head bent, to open a present.
Cousin Mark is front and center, with my little Cousin Jimmy
to the right.
Mark is now a Professor of Psychology in a Southern California
Cal State school....
...and Jimmy is now an Internist in So. Cal.
I have no idea who most of those kids are....
...my Aunt Sue, Jimmy's mom, my dad's sister.....is to the
left.
My mom.......looks my sister-in-law Dana right
here......
one of same parties as above......me with pony
tails....
.....my sis Teresa with the short blonde
hair.
My mom made great cakes for us.........her first being for my
first birthday.
Here, she lights a yulelog cake that she made for one of our
Christmas dinners.
Isn't it a sweet cake!
My mom always worked hard to get our family together to see my
Cousin Julie,
whose mom (my dad's sister) died when she was one year old.
I always appreciated that........
and now I have been able to maintain that relationship through
my adult years.
Julie and I were buds when we first met........like sisters
then.
We are only 15 months apart.
Above, you have a lot of cousins, two generations......my
dad's cousins and my cousins.
Starting on the left, is my dad's cousin Leslie holding my
littlest sister Jennifer Leslie, her namesake.
Leslie and her twin sister Lynn, whose name is the same as my
middle name (Lynne), are only nine years older than me.......and Leslie's kids
are same age as Anne, so we have a lot in common.
I am in the center front.......in the row behind me are Cousin
Julie, my sister Teresa, my cousin Cindy.
Aunt Nancy is holding her baby Garry..........and she is
cousins with Lynn and Leslie, because she is my dad's youngest sister.
Lynn is the cousin standing on the right.........
and the grown up in back are Julie's step-mother (I am having
a blank on her name) holding her baby, my mom and my Grandma (dad's mom).
She took me to Johnnie's Pastrami as many times as we were
able.......so KNOWS visiting Johnny's is always priority in Southern
California!!!
My mom "tried" to teach me how to sew.........I am still
barely just past novice.......I do not sew naturally.......at least my girls do!
But, she was able to help me sew this quilt while we had four generations
hanging out in Louisiana with my great-grandmother and grandmother (see them
above!). She helped me to sew a quilt when I was 12 years old, too. I still have
that one. The one above I made for my new husband..........it has since
disintegrated. :/
Lesson learned.......NO Wal-Mart fabrics for permanent
quilts!!!
My mom helped with all of the planning of my wedding.......in only three
months.....
.....my veil, my cake and the decor.
Our family in 1985:
Baby sister Jennifer, my mom, me, my new husband, Marty,
my dad and my sister Teresa.
THANKS, MOM, FOR ALL OF THE GREAT
MEMORIES>>>>>
>>>>OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY MORE.......
......but, not enough pictures to prove it! :)
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Finally, Happy & Blessed Mother's Day to the Mother who gave birth to my husband.
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Finally, Happy & Blessed Mother's Day to the Mother who gave birth to my husband.
Marilyn Burkhardt Bryan & baby Marty,
just moments before they left his birthplace of Louisville, Kentucky to relocate to the beautiful and sunny state of California.......just in time for him to meet me and make me a mother...... :)
The elegant Marilyn is 18 years old here.
My dear mother-in-law passed away only six months after our wedding.
We miss her dearly, but remember her in every single Rosary we have prayed since she died.
Keep praying for us, Marilyn!!!
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Blessings to all on this Mother's Day, 2013!
Love, Chari
This is a revamp of a blog post originally posted in 2009......and obviously still relavant. :)
terrific post...I love the pictures!!
ReplyDeleteand BTW, my dad was stationed in Paso Robles during the war...so when we all went to CA many years later ( many years...I believe it was the summer of 1979--I was 14)we stopped in Morro Bay b.c they had come there one weekend when he had a few days off and they wanted to see it again.
Hope you, too, had a wonderful day!
Great pictures! Happy Mother's Day to you, too, Chari, a little late. See you Thursday!
ReplyDeleteYour G-Grands were only 11.5 and 17!?? Was this in America? I'm totally intrigued.
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