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Kali

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10. my Mom was raised on a ranch

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 02:52 PM

Jul 2012

an only child after her older sister died of spinal meningitis at age 8 (Mom was 6) she wanted out - loved to go spend the night with her "town" friends, traded a horse for a bicycle as a teen, married a future university prof, became a stay at home mom/housewife. Excelled at it (I will never live up to her house management skills) but ended up managing the ranch for a few years at the end of her life and she loved it. So she came full circle from ranch kid to world-traveling city lady, back to rancher. Died of breast cancer in '96. I miss her every day.

She buttered bread all the way to the edges of the crusts completely evenly. She cooked mostly from scratch almost her entire adult life. She ironed pillowcases. She listened to EVERYBODY and everybody thought they were special because of that. I miss her every day.

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Monday Morning Mom-A-Thon. Post something about your mom. [View all] ohiosmith Jul 2012 OP

Mine has been battling polio and it's effects since age 6. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1

Great mom! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #4

She listens to Rush and watches FOX 24x7. Need I say more? HopeHoops Jul 2012 #2

Can she bake a cherry pie? ohiosmith Jul 2012 #5

Not that I know of. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #9

Notoriously pipi_k Jul 2012 #3

Great pic! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #6

Thanks! n/t pipi_k Jul 2012 #45

How young she looks! cyberswede Jul 2012 #24

Yep, she was pipi_k Jul 2012 #47

My Mom Has Parkinson's and is fading fast. RiffRandell Jul 2012 #7

All the best to her. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #8

my Mom was raised on a ranch Kali Jul 2012 #10

Sounds wonderful. Thank you for sharing. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #11

Shortly before MiddleFingerMomMom faded away into the incommunicado endstage of Alzheimer's... MiddleFingerMom Jul 2012 #12

Beautiful memories. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #13

I so love this story. Thanks! nt. mattvermont Jul 2012 #14

precious memories handmade34 Jul 2012 #28

What a touching story susanr516 Jul 2012 #40

Awww... pipi_k Jul 2012 #48

medical secretary, typed 120 wam on an underwood typewriter. mopinko Jul 2012 #15

Some parallels there mopinko! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #17

My mom's been gone 7 years (almost 8), too. I miss her every day. we can do it Jul 2012 #31

Sam Cooke asked my Mom out on a date. but, she couldn't go because she had to work. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #16

Sam Cooke beats the hell out of Hopalong Cassidy! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #18

ha, yeah -- Sam of the smooth moves and silky voice ~sigh~ Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #19

Oh yea! Beat this: ohiosmith Jul 2012 #20

You just call me Hoppy!! Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #21

Didn't work on my grand dad! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #22

An absolutely terrible childhood Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #23

Nice pic! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #26

My mom used to date Eddie Yost !! Pool Hall Ace Jul 2012 #25

Pretty cool! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #27

Oh geez, I got all confused there for a minute... pipi_k Jul 2012 #50

Spooky! Pool Hall Ace Jul 2012 #53

Mine had 8 kids (6 by the time she was 29). cyberswede Jul 2012 #29

Great stuff! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #33

My mom.... irisblue Jul 2012 #30

Too cool! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #35

I envy those of you who have good memories of your mother HeiressofBickworth Jul 2012 #32

Aw geez...that really sucks. cyberswede Jul 2012 #34

My daughter is now 44 years old HeiressofBickworth Jul 2012 #37

My mom picked dandelions when she was pregnant with me and made wine Frannyfannypack Jul 2012 #36

Cool! My mom made dandelion greens. ohiosmith Jul 2012 #38

Hopalong Cassidy??? Wow, he was a silver-fox. Nice post..n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #39

Just think, I could've been OhioCassidy! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #41

Bwahahaha, another calling missed...Dang..n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #43

My Mom, in her 70s, recently had to get hearing aids... progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #42

Hahahaha! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #49

Hahahah!!! My kind of lady!!! n/t pipi_k Jul 2012 #51

My mom is a compulsive counter Brother Buzz Jul 2012 #44

Love it! ohiosmith Jul 2012 #54

My mom is 81 geardaddy Jul 2012 #46

When she was a little girl in Chicago she fell while ice skating GreatCaesarsGhost Jul 2012 #52

Mine was a doctor and made us soldier on if we had a cold. She had advice to give if I ever found applegrove Jul 2012 #55