My Mama

Happiest Mother's Day.....

Mother's Day is a modern celebration honoring one's own mother, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.

My mama, HELEN FREDERICK JACKSON at 17.

What a beauty.

 

Her mother, EMMA, was expecting a baby when her beloved brother,

FREDERICK, left for World War 1

and my Grandmother Emma told him,

"No matter if this baby is a boy or girl...I will name it FREDERICK....

and she did, indeed.

Sometimes, to tease my mama, we'd call her FREDDIE

and she'd pretend it made her mad...
(she never could turn her head away
 fast enuf 
to hide the smile that made her face light up...) 

EMMA died when my mother was only 8 years old....
EMMA was in her 30's when she became ill with tuberculosis and passed away...
I am so sorry I didn't get to be with her, growing up....my dad's mother also passed before I was born.

My mother, "Freddie"  was a ROSIE, THE RIVETER, during WW2...

   

 

I was too little to remember how she looked during that time but she told me all the ladies wore scarves around their hair,

 probably for safety reasons.

How cool it would be if I could have a picture of her,

 working in that airplane factory..

but I don't....

so I am claiming the woman on our left (above) as my mama....LOL

just look at her using that rivet gun......

 

Mom was the most talented lady that I have ever met.
She was the kind that could do anything she wanted, and do it well...
It NEVER crossed her mind that  she might not could do it.
Painting, drawing, sewing, cooking...she did it all....
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but the best of all was the kind of mother she was...
I learned so much from her..

to honor our family name...
to give a job your very best, no matter what the job might be...
to always, ALWAYS remember THE GOLDEN RULE...
She loved my little brother and I with an unconditional love
and altho she has been gone 28 years, I still feel her love.
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Mother had a fabulous personality...really funny and witty and
she had a LOT of friends.
EVERYONE loved my mom !

Happy Mother's Day
to my mama....

 I wish our daughter, STACY..
daughter in law, KATHY
our granddaughters, JESSICA & MICAH
a very HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

 
Happiest Mother's Day to
all mothers past and present.
XOXO ,
bj aka MOM aka MEMAW
 aka to my mom, dad and brother,
JEANIE