Dear Topaz,
We will try to move to a 3 bedroom house, that is the important thing, three bedrooms! So you can have your own bedroom. Mean kids are every where unfortunatly. California was really no different when Sara was in 5th & 6th grade there, she didn't really have a true friend either. I don't want to move in a place without a dishwasher or washer & dryer.
Take the trash out when you get home. Your fish needs to be done this weekend.
We are babysitting Spence & Janeen Mon. evening don't let me forget.
Love
Mom (o are hearts)
I guess i was complaining about not having my own room, but my mom was a single mother and the fact that we had a nice roof over our head was good enough. She really was / is amazing. Also my sister and I (or at least me) had this ideal of California that it was magical and much better than PA. So I was always like "things were better when we lived in California..." children. I do feel like there was more tolerance in California for diversity... but that could just be youth. People weren't constantly asking you "where are you from..." and expecting you to say " from the boarder of foreign country... now commence hating me!"
Even though this letter is simple it still fills me with lots of warm fuzzy feels. I just love my mom so much!
Friday, May 16, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Mothers day late
Well technechally since this is Mother's May i'm not really late with my Mother's day post. BUT anyhow, i was saving one of the best letters from my mom for around mothers day. This one is dated!!
Feb. 5. 1993
Dear Topaz,
You will be something when you grow up. To be something in this world you have to #1 want it. #2 Work for it. and #3 Believe in yourself. You have #1 & #2 and you'll get #3. You also have a #4 which makes it even easier, you have a mom that loves you and believes in you enough for the both of us. The SKY IS THE LIMIT! Teachers are not perfect, there are good teachers and not so good teachers they are only human you know? Learn the best you can from Mrs. M, but don't let her frustrate you. She is probably doing the best she can. Teaching is a difficult job some people are naturally good at it and others are not but want to do it anyway.
You can learn something from every teacher. Right? You work hard and co-operate with teachers and other classmates. I'm very proud of you. People are always jealous of other people who are happy, beautiful inside and outside and nice. Just be you and be happy.
Love
MOM (hearts for the O!)
How true to all of life are her letters? I mean really i do still have #4. #4 has gotten me through so many really rotten and hard times. Knowing without a doubt that one person in this world loves me no matter what has gotten me through some tough things and allowed me to make tough choices. She has always been my # 1 cheerleader and she is amazing. She deserves more than Mother's May but until i become independently wealthy, this will have to do.
I love how she says "Just be you and be happy." That is such a good thing to remember and take with you always. It takes many years for people to get that and sometimes they still don't get it. Being you is what will make you happy. If you are pretending to be something your not at the end of the day how is that bringing you happiness? it's not, you can only really be happy if you get to be you. She was (and is) so wise.
I spent a lovely Mother's day with her and we had a very fun time. I hope she realizes what an amazing mother she is.
Feb. 5. 1993
Dear Topaz,
You will be something when you grow up. To be something in this world you have to #1 want it. #2 Work for it. and #3 Believe in yourself. You have #1 & #2 and you'll get #3. You also have a #4 which makes it even easier, you have a mom that loves you and believes in you enough for the both of us. The SKY IS THE LIMIT! Teachers are not perfect, there are good teachers and not so good teachers they are only human you know? Learn the best you can from Mrs. M, but don't let her frustrate you. She is probably doing the best she can. Teaching is a difficult job some people are naturally good at it and others are not but want to do it anyway.
You can learn something from every teacher. Right? You work hard and co-operate with teachers and other classmates. I'm very proud of you. People are always jealous of other people who are happy, beautiful inside and outside and nice. Just be you and be happy.
Love
MOM (hearts for the O!)
How true to all of life are her letters? I mean really i do still have #4. #4 has gotten me through so many really rotten and hard times. Knowing without a doubt that one person in this world loves me no matter what has gotten me through some tough things and allowed me to make tough choices. She has always been my # 1 cheerleader and she is amazing. She deserves more than Mother's May but until i become independently wealthy, this will have to do.
I love how she says "Just be you and be happy." That is such a good thing to remember and take with you always. It takes many years for people to get that and sometimes they still don't get it. Being you is what will make you happy. If you are pretending to be something your not at the end of the day how is that bringing you happiness? it's not, you can only really be happy if you get to be you. She was (and is) so wise.
I spent a lovely Mother's day with her and we had a very fun time. I hope she realizes what an amazing mother she is.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Mother's words
Dear Topaz,
I'm glad your day went better yesterday. Think positive and remember when a person really wants something they get it if they work for it. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT, right?
I love you very much and what I want most for you is happiness!
Love
Mom (remember o are hearts)
The sky is the limit is a saying she gave me as like a motto for my life. It was - Dream, Reach, Believe, the SKY is the limit. I had a learning disability in school a combination of not being able to hear well the first few years of schooling and an actual learning disability seeing letters backward and crazy pants other things. So i was in assisted reading and language arts classes from 3rd to 6th grade. I worked my butt off to get out of it by 7th grade and a ton of that work and belief that i could get out of it was because of my mom and her giving me things like a life motto and her endless love and support! As you can imagine being in the "special" class didn't help me with other students that's why i wanted to get out of it and i did. But i have to tell you i might not have if i didn't have such a wonderful supportive mother.
I'm glad your day went better yesterday. Think positive and remember when a person really wants something they get it if they work for it. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT, right?
I love you very much and what I want most for you is happiness!
Love
Mom (remember o are hearts)
The sky is the limit is a saying she gave me as like a motto for my life. It was - Dream, Reach, Believe, the SKY is the limit. I had a learning disability in school a combination of not being able to hear well the first few years of schooling and an actual learning disability seeing letters backward and crazy pants other things. So i was in assisted reading and language arts classes from 3rd to 6th grade. I worked my butt off to get out of it by 7th grade and a ton of that work and belief that i could get out of it was because of my mom and her giving me things like a life motto and her endless love and support! As you can imagine being in the "special" class didn't help me with other students that's why i wanted to get out of it and i did. But i have to tell you i might not have if i didn't have such a wonderful supportive mother.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Mother notes
So when i was a pre-teen / teen and full of the angst thinking my life was so awful (as lots of us do at that age), life is just so terrible! No bills, no work with terrible bosses, no scheduling conflicts... awful.... LOL
Anyhow, i would write my mom a letter about my angsty teenage feels and she would write me back so i will post some of them starting today! I hope to scan some of them and post them as they are but that is not happening today! I'm certain all my letters sounded the same "No one loves me, i have no friends, my hair is stupid, why are elbows so pointy?" she always wrote me wonderful notes back...
Dear Topaz,
I hope happiness finds you, I don't think you are totally unhappy. But the next few years are full of changes and challenges and you must Keep a positive attitude and change with changes. Don't worry be happy! Don't worry too much ahead because when you get there you'll probably find out you worried for nothing. And I will always be there to Love and support you. That letter you wrote me yesterday was so beautiful and full of deep emotions. Thank you for sharing your feelings with me. I'm not happy alone or happy in a crowd either. I am very happy with my two wonderful daughters!
Love
Mom (except she would make the o hearts)
I feel like this letter still applies today! Maybe even more so!! and i have to tell you she is 100% always there to love and support me all 32. something years so far of my life! She is magic. Serious people MAGIC. Reading this letter today brings some tears to my eyes because my mother is just so amazing.
Also it's nurse week and HELLO my MOM is a nurse!! so Thank a nurse in your life or hug them or squeeze them or don't touch them because a few i know don't like contact with germ filled humans. LOL
Anyhow, i would write my mom a letter about my angsty teenage feels and she would write me back so i will post some of them starting today! I hope to scan some of them and post them as they are but that is not happening today! I'm certain all my letters sounded the same "No one loves me, i have no friends, my hair is stupid, why are elbows so pointy?" she always wrote me wonderful notes back...
Dear Topaz,
I hope happiness finds you, I don't think you are totally unhappy. But the next few years are full of changes and challenges and you must Keep a positive attitude and change with changes. Don't worry be happy! Don't worry too much ahead because when you get there you'll probably find out you worried for nothing. And I will always be there to Love and support you. That letter you wrote me yesterday was so beautiful and full of deep emotions. Thank you for sharing your feelings with me. I'm not happy alone or happy in a crowd either. I am very happy with my two wonderful daughters!
Love
Mom (except she would make the o hearts)
I feel like this letter still applies today! Maybe even more so!! and i have to tell you she is 100% always there to love and support me all 32. something years so far of my life! She is magic. Serious people MAGIC. Reading this letter today brings some tears to my eyes because my mother is just so amazing.
Also it's nurse week and HELLO my MOM is a nurse!! so Thank a nurse in your life or hug them or squeeze them or don't touch them because a few i know don't like contact with germ filled humans. LOL
Friday, May 2, 2014
Journal Entries Pt. 2
More of my amazing Mother's journal entries form her senior year Christmas break:
Dec. 30, 1969
All I think about is all the work we have in English class when we get back. (this journal was for English class LOL)
Dec. 31, 1969 well not really
It is past 12 o'clock and it is 1970 the year I get out of school! I just can't wait till school is over but I sure hope I pass.
Jan. 1, 1970
My 7 month niece is starting off the new year bad because she has a temp. of 104 and she is pretty sick.
Jan, 2, 1970
I've decided to knit my brother a different kind of scarf it will be 2" wide and 6' long. (he went form living in FL to going to college somewhere cold, he told her that he wore the scarf! she is so cute!)
It's almost 11:30 and we were at the souderton basketball game, it was a good game even though we lost after double over time. After the game we went to the R and on the way to my place my sister's V-W slid on ice and rolled. There were 4 kids in the car but none of us were hurt. I think someone was watching over us. (here teacher said "So do I.")
Jan. 3, 1970
My niece is getting better except now she has some kind of rash all over her body. My sister's car was over 100 dollars damage but her Insurance pays everything but the first 50 dollars. I went to my drivers test today in the snow but I flunked it. Well, you can't win them all.
Jan. 4. 1970
School tomorrow! I forgot to get shoe laces for my gym sneaks. I have material for a dress in sewing but I don't have a pattern. I wish I would never have to go back to school. Everyone says your Senior year is fun. Well, I'd like to know when the fun begins. (i wondered that my whole senior year as well... where is the fun part... then graduation happened and i realize THAT was the fun part! LOL)
Her teacher wrote: I guess you don't like school. Stay with it for a few more months and you won't need to return. Her teachers name was Miss Fisher. As noted on the paper.
My mom is still this hilarious if not more now!
Dec. 30, 1969
All I think about is all the work we have in English class when we get back. (this journal was for English class LOL)
Dec. 31, 1969 well not really
It is past 12 o'clock and it is 1970 the year I get out of school! I just can't wait till school is over but I sure hope I pass.
Jan. 1, 1970
My 7 month niece is starting off the new year bad because she has a temp. of 104 and she is pretty sick.
Jan, 2, 1970
I've decided to knit my brother a different kind of scarf it will be 2" wide and 6' long. (he went form living in FL to going to college somewhere cold, he told her that he wore the scarf! she is so cute!)
It's almost 11:30 and we were at the souderton basketball game, it was a good game even though we lost after double over time. After the game we went to the R and on the way to my place my sister's V-W slid on ice and rolled. There were 4 kids in the car but none of us were hurt. I think someone was watching over us. (here teacher said "So do I.")
Jan. 3, 1970
My niece is getting better except now she has some kind of rash all over her body. My sister's car was over 100 dollars damage but her Insurance pays everything but the first 50 dollars. I went to my drivers test today in the snow but I flunked it. Well, you can't win them all.
Jan. 4. 1970
School tomorrow! I forgot to get shoe laces for my gym sneaks. I have material for a dress in sewing but I don't have a pattern. I wish I would never have to go back to school. Everyone says your Senior year is fun. Well, I'd like to know when the fun begins. (i wondered that my whole senior year as well... where is the fun part... then graduation happened and i realize THAT was the fun part! LOL)
Her teacher wrote: I guess you don't like school. Stay with it for a few more months and you won't need to return. Her teachers name was Miss Fisher. As noted on the paper.
My mom is still this hilarious if not more now!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Mother May
So remember when i was all "i have an idea for May!" WELL it's MAY and my idea is MOTHER MAY!! What does that mean? Well since May contains mothers day and my mom to me is worth more than just a day, the whole month of May will contain posts about her. Whether it's things she says, wrote, photos, or just me going on and on about how she is the best in the world.
Welcome to Mother May! I'm not saying i'm going to post everyday but i am saying any post i do in May will be about my mother. So lets start Mother May off right now!!
I guess my mom's senior year of high school she had to write journal entries while on Christmas break. Fun fact about all us ladies (sis, mom, and i) we pretty much were done with school by 10th-11th grade so for my mom & I senior year was really donesville... how do i know it was for my mom... you will see in a few moments... what my mom writes will be in pink.
Dec.25th, 1969
Well if I'm forced to do this, I'd better start. I had a nice Christmas not because I got nice gifts, (which I did) but I like to see people happy with the gifts I give them. (by the way this has not changed about her at all, always the giver)
Dec. 26, 1969
We have plenty of snow and believe it or not it made me think of summer and what to do next summer. I haven't decided anything yet!
Dec. 27, 1969
I feel terrible because I have a cold, sore throat, headache, and chapped lips.
Dec. 28, 1969
Everyone is talking about another year ending and I really don't care.
Dec. 29, 1969
I worked my first full day and it is a lot better than school.
And this is the 1st official Mother May Day on my blog!!! I'll continue her "journal" entries another day (don't wanna over load you with awesome all at once!).
Welcome to Mother May! I'm not saying i'm going to post everyday but i am saying any post i do in May will be about my mother. So lets start Mother May off right now!!
I guess my mom's senior year of high school she had to write journal entries while on Christmas break. Fun fact about all us ladies (sis, mom, and i) we pretty much were done with school by 10th-11th grade so for my mom & I senior year was really donesville... how do i know it was for my mom... you will see in a few moments... what my mom writes will be in pink.
Dec.25th, 1969
Well if I'm forced to do this, I'd better start. I had a nice Christmas not because I got nice gifts, (which I did) but I like to see people happy with the gifts I give them. (by the way this has not changed about her at all, always the giver)
Dec. 26, 1969
We have plenty of snow and believe it or not it made me think of summer and what to do next summer. I haven't decided anything yet!
Dec. 27, 1969
I feel terrible because I have a cold, sore throat, headache, and chapped lips.
Dec. 28, 1969
Everyone is talking about another year ending and I really don't care.
Dec. 29, 1969
I worked my first full day and it is a lot better than school.
And this is the 1st official Mother May Day on my blog!!! I'll continue her "journal" entries another day (don't wanna over load you with awesome all at once!).
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