Mom in her 20’s

It has been seven years since my mother died. April 2001. It seems like yesterday but also seems like forever. She was born at home before WWI in Northern California and lived into her 80’s. I never knew her as a young woman. She divorced her first husband after my half sisters and brothers were teenagers. Shortly after, she married my dad. I was born a couple of years later when she was nearing 40. (Thanks girasoli for the idea)

Mom – I miss you.

Just married – She smoked until into her 70’s

Family picture from 1960 – I loved the rickrack she sewed on my dress.

Family picture from 1963 – She lived in this house until her death