My Mom, The Flapper
Feb 19, 2024 10:35:08 #
Horseart wrote:
Her smile is contagious! It made me smile the instant I saw it. I am a firm believer that nothing looks better on people than a happy smile. She definitely passed that on to you!
Thanks for the kind comments, Jo!
Mark
Feb 19, 2024 10:36:33 #
Feb 19, 2024 10:41:37 #
Earnest Botello wrote:
Your mom was a great looking lady, Mark.
She was!! She loved to dress up. My Dad's nickname was Prince David, mainly because of how he loved and treated her.
Mark
Feb 19, 2024 10:54:40 #
Feb 19, 2024 11:02:50 #
Mark I love those old photos! Maybe from one of the coin operated photo booths. This is of my mom and dad in June 1927 on their honeymoon in Atlantic City. Probably taken on the boardwalk. Pictures at that time somehow seemed more important. Bet our mothers had a lot in common
Feb 19, 2024 11:12:24 #
warrenm wrote:
Mark I love those old photos! Maybe from one of the coin operated photo booths. This is of my mom and dad in June 1927 on their honeymoon in Atlantic City. Probably taken on the boardwalk. Pictures at that time somehow seemed more important. Bet our mothers had a lot in common
My Dad only took one vacation. It was in Atlantic City.
Mark
Feb 19, 2024 11:36:25 #
MosheR
Loc: New York City
markngolf wrote:
I think she was about 19. She was not around for long, but she left her mark.
Thanks for viewing!
Mark
Thanks for viewing!
Mark
Your Mom was lovely, Mark, and seemed to be a very ebullient young gal. I'm sure she would be proud that her son is showing her beauty to the rest of us a century later.
Feb 19, 2024 11:37:35 #
MosheR wrote:
Your Mom was lovely, Mark, and seemed to be a very ebullient young gal. I'm sure she would be proud that her son is showing her beauty to the rest of us a century later.
Thank you, Moshe!!
Mark
Feb 19, 2024 12:38:45 #
JFCoupe
Loc: Kent, Washington
It is wonderful to have these old photographs. With so many digital images today, will future generation have our images to look back on.
Feb 19, 2024 12:44:49 #
Feb 19, 2024 12:47:57 #
markngolf wrote:
I guess so. Her baby son died at 2 1/2, her husband died at 41 and she died of cancer at 49. She ran the food store my father left for 1.5 years, typed address labels for $.10 a page (about 30 labels per page) and went to work for a Credit Bureau for 6 years. Living on Social Security and a meager salary, my younger sister, Mom and I just about managed. A very brave and courageous woman! I pay tribute to her every year.
Mark
Mark
Mark, That wasn’t meant to be disrespectful.
My father’s father, my grandfather, died when my father was an infant. My father was born in 1919, so I’m guessing my grandfather died in the 1919-1920 flu pandemic. My father never talked much about his growing up years. My grandmother raised 4 kids (my father and his twin sister were the youngest). My grandmother was a music teacher in a local school district .
Feb 19, 2024 15:58:23 #
Great smile and very outgoing, Mark!! I can tell that she was wonderful to be around. I hope that you had years to enjoy that. I'll bet nobody left the party while your Mom was still there!!
Feb 19, 2024 16:04:17 #
SteveR wrote:
Great smile and very outgoing, Mark!! I can tell that she was wonderful to be around. I hope that you had years to enjoy that. I'll bet nobody left the party while your Mom was still there!!
Thanks Steve. Until tragedies struck her young life she smiled a lot.
Mark
Feb 19, 2024 16:23:53 #
You have more of her considering that she gave you at least 50% of what you are. Just you do to see. It is it not visible because inside you. Be proud of it.
Feb 19, 2024 16:26:53 #
francosp wrote:
You have more of her considering that she gave you at least 50% of what you are. Just you do to see. It is it not visible because inside you. Be proud of it.
I feel blessed by what she gave me.
Mark
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