Birthday Wishes

[firelight]

I love that your mom made things the absolute best that she could and took pride in making things nice with pride for her family.  I would have loved to see that table.  It sounded so beautiful even if there was just soup to eat.....but "just soup" filled bellies.  What a memory for you. 

If you wrote a book about your growing up days, I would buy it.  Seriously I would. 

[Pen]

When the Great Depression hit it caused some weird juxtopositions like Luise's story of the table set for an elegant dinner that consisted only of soup. My GF left his ranch and headed west w/his family. They were totally broke but well-dressed and riding in a luxury vehicle. Unfortunately all of their fine home furnishings were left in a storage facility to be shipped later and were said to have been 'lost in a fire.' A few years later GF saw those same items in the home of the man who had been paid to care for them.

[luise.volta]

In the 1930s my mother (playfully) threatened to give me to the "rag man." He had a horse and buggy…(we lived in a lovely suburb of Detroit)…and drove down our street crying "Rags! Rags!" He fed his family that way…one of the original recyclers!

[Beth 2011]

Ms. Luise,

My Grandparents all grew up on farms and didn't know they were poor during the depression. My GM said that she and my GA used to look forward to dinner on the ground at Church once a month.  She said that her DM would fry chicken and carry and she and her DS would look for light bread and get some mayonnaise that someone had brought and they would hide behind the shrubs and eat all the light bread and mayonnaise that their tummies could hold.

[luise.volta]

I think I wrote here before that for very special occasions, my dad would buy a 5 cent candy bar and cut it in five pieces! We were thrilled!

[luise.volta]

And we had friends that gave us their Goodwill bags to go through before they were donated…and it was like Christmas! 

[lancaster lady]

Your day is here ! Have a Happy one with your Kirk , hugs all round ......xx

[Pen]

Yes, happy happy day Luise!

[luise.volta]

It's actually Friday. I used to call it "The March of the 9th" when I was really little. LOL!I'm putting my cards in the window. I do that with my Christmas cards, too. We, Kirk and I and five very close extended family members, are going to a nice place on the water. We live on Puget Sound which connects to the Pacific. :-))) 

[Pooh]

Refuses to do it until tomorrow..................

 

[luise.volta]

[forever spring]

Just realised we are sharing the same birthday. March 9th. Enjoy the day. 

[Pen]

It's today! So happy official birthdays, Luise and Forever!!!

[lancaster lady]

Dear Luise ...

Age is just a number , especially where you are concerned ...Forever Young !
have a lovely day ....

[luise.volta]

FS - Well, I'll be darned! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!