I called my mother this morning and wished her "Happy Anniversary?" The question in my voice because dad is in the hospital. She said that she was going to go to the store before going up to the hospital and get dad a red rose.
I went to the hospital later because I wanted to get a picture of them together for their anniversary.
We're hoping that dad can go home on Friday. We'll just have to wait and see.
These are some of my favorite photo's of my mother...
My mother was also a Registered Nurse, she's retired now. Once when I was in high school a classmate that I didn't know real well came up to me and told me that she had recently been in the hospital and that my mother had taken care of her. She carried on and on about how she just loved my mother and that my mother was so sweet and kind. My mother took her career to heart, it was more than a job, it was a calling.
Here's my mother when I first met her, though I can't say that recall this meeting. I'm sure I should remember that wallpaper....
One of the things that mom participated in with me was Girl Scouts. She served as troop leader for several years, and summer camp was always a big deal.
Here are three generations of moms: me, my mom and my daughter. The baby in this picture just turned 15 years old and will be having his 8th grade promotion next weekend. They do grow sooo fast.
Another picture I have in my memory of my mom is her sitting in the rocking chair, late at night, reading. Mom likes her books, I guess she always has. She said that when she was younger she would rather be reading than out running around. Mom also writes real pen and paper letters and rarely forgets to get cards sent out for birthdays and other celebrations.
Mom's just a very thoughtful and caring person, I just thought I'd share a little about her with all my blogging friends and wish all of them and their mothers a "Happy Mother's Day" too!
My husband and I will be flying out with my Mom & Dad early Wednesday morning. After the celebration we will be flying down to Fresno to hear my Uncle Wes (dad's brother) sing in the Mennonite Men's Choir and we'll spend a little while with cousins there. I will try to get plenty of pictures, but when the jaw gets going everything else tends to fall by the wayside. Ya' all keep the fires burnin' while I'm gone, I'll try to look in on each of you if I get a chance (you know who you are)!
This picture was taken in our neighbors front yard. They had built the cutest little fence to keep the teenagers walking to an from school from walking on the grass.
Check out the whitewalls on our station wagon. A few years later my brother would put some baby moons (hubcaps) on this car. I don't remember the details, but for some reason my cousin and I were given permission to paint the baby moons. We bought some fluorescent orange spray paint and painted all four. The car was red, BTW. We did this just before a trip to California. Our car certainly got a lot of attention and I'm sure it was because of the hubcaps.
Here's Carol in the folk's living room with my cat, Satin-Patches KitKat. My next door neighbor and best friend had a cat that was nearly identical, same mother different litters. 
This is Carol getting all dolled up to be my flower girl in my wedding. After this, I moved to California and she grew up....
There has been a lot of water under the bridge since then, a lot of turbulent times. I don't know if there's anything else that I can say about her that might help locate her. She's artistic and inclined to be drawn to art shows and such. The picture below is one she drew of the Arizona state bird and was used on some promotional presentation for the art community (I think).
She worked in a kitchen for a while, I think it was with University of Arizona College of Medicine before she quit to go to the new job that ended up causing all the problems. I just really would like to hear from her.
