Saturday, September 21, 2024
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My mother was an amazing person. She loved people for who they were good or bad. She never had a bad word to say about anyone. She grew up with a lot of struggles and hardships. She did not have an easy life. She was putting in orphanage with her sister Barbara, her brother Johnny, her older sister Eleanor was sent to work, her mom was a single parent of four after her husband left her. It was very hard for her mom and my mom as well. Grandmom met and fell in love with Arthur Lee Hamilton, who everybody affectionately called Ace. He was fresh from the military and had no kids, fell in, found love with my grandmother and married her And adopted all of her children. after they got married, they went on to have two more children. My aunt Eileen and Patty.my mom had to scrub floors on her hands and knees for the neighbor across the street three times a week for $.25 Wash and look after the younger children and did the chores of the house , my Grandmom Emmaline said you must work and do good for others to be a good woman and eventually a good mother. She was also taught to work for what you want,and achieve happiness. I have fond memories from when I was very young. Once we were shopping at Acme at Adams and The Boulevard , my mom used to always have a push shopping cart. The one with four wheels that stood up right .one day she noticed me chewing gum or candy outside on the way home, and she knew she didn’t pay for it. We stole it.as soon as my mom realize that she marched us back to manager and told him to call the police because we stole candy and she wanted to report it. She made us admit to the manager that we stole candy and he said it was OK ! NOT My mom, she said I didn’t raise thieves, and He pretend to call the cops and made us apologize to the manager to never do it again !then she said wait till your father gets home !!!!ha ha In order for her to keep an eye on us and all the kids in the neighborhood she painted baseball bases out back in the driveway, with the baseball the base the three bases and home plate even the pitcher mound. she did that so that she could keep an eye on us and knew exactly where we were it all times and also to keep an eye on the other kids to keep them safe as well. Sometimes she provides snacks and drinks whenever she could afford them , there was one time the neighbor down the street kept pulling my hair cause it was long at the time and he was a troublemaker so I had knocked his teeth out at that point. His mom came up through our front door and started yelling at my mom, my mom said whoa. Wait a minute you don’t come into my house screaming at me like that uninvited , that was the only time I saw my mother upset and belligerent. She was a kind and loving woman not antagonistic or like to get in verbal arguments. She told Carol that it was his fault not mine as she was watching out the window while the kids were playing, she proceeded to tell her that he was pulling my hair a lot and my mom personally told him four times to stop pulling her hair and he continued to do that so I turned around and knocked two front teeth out. That’s why his mom came into my house and my mom put her in her place and told her your trespassing get out of my house that’s the only time I’ve ever saw my mom do that and I was proud of her , it took a lot to get my mom mad! generally she’s calm, compassionate, and likes to think things out to make sure that everybody is on the right path. That’s just how she was if we were in the wrong we knew it !we would always get the saying wait till your father gets home! Boy did we all know we were in trouble then! She Always took pride in us kids, and let us know often how proud of us she was!in the neiighborhood, she crossed down the street she was a great crossing guard and everybody loved her. It wasn’t long before the bus drivers started to compliment her. How do you get the children so calm before the bus even comes Response was she brings the radio down to let them burn off some of the energy she also would bring treats at different holidays and she made cookies and candies that she liked to make and pass out to all her kids for a while. She helped me raise. My daughter Megan, who would go down to the corner with her while she was crossing the kids and hang out and Megan would even help give out the help hand out the candy , it was always a treat because she even brought the dogs down for a while repaved the island at F and Whitaker, which was her crossing. so my mom would have Megan down there while I was at work. She would wheeler over her coach and let her play on the island which became known as froggy island They Repaved it wrote her initials and I believe even the frog print and named it froggy Island that was a big hit for Megan and my mom. It’ll always be known proudly as froggy Island at F and Whitaker. My mom’s crossing.I even worked with my mom at KFC when I was a teenager . We had the Best time! I worked the counter and she worked a drive-through and make an all and prep and all the food that was many fun times that I cherish and I always will , as I said before she help me raise my daughter Megan. my mom was always wanting to help everyone as were growing up. My dad had a catering business with his friends, his fellow fireman, friends, Jimmy Tarpey and Joe Herzig it was known as J and F foods , the business flourished my mom was always in the kitchen, cooking cleaning and organizing things to perfection to make sure everything runs smoothly. Everybody craved about my mom‘s cooking. She would see where the most help was needed and stepped in thankfully, I got her one of the many things that I inherited from my amazing mother , she help me into the thankfully now I still need help with. I have many fond memories of this time. My dad was the breadwinner, but my mom was the true heart of the family. my mom taught us not to be selfish I learned incredible compassion, a lot of empathy, respect, loyalty, and to love and treat others the way you wanna be treated also , never to go to bed angry at others because you don’t know what tomorrow brings always say. I love you before bed just in case you don’t wake up in the morning don’t know what other what problems or difficulties. Other people have most likely it’s worse than yours, always be kind and be the reason somebody smiles no matter how bad you think you’re like you have it in life there’s always someone who has it worse , thank you to my beautiful woman. You show me how to be a gentle kind, loving, compassionate, humble and giving woman. I am grateful God chose you for my incredible and loving mother through your guidance and endless love. I hope I can be the mom and grandmom To Megan,Patrick and Evie Lee that you were to me and my brothers , I’ll help Patrick and Evie to remember the beautiful light that you shined on us all and pass on your recipes as well and make sure they get to taste them. I’ll try to be the strong woman and try to convey to me that the men are only as strong as the woman they are married to the woman is the backbone in a relationship. That’s so very true. I will forever be grateful and bless that you were chosen for me as my incredible loving, strong mother that I will forever treasure , thank you my sweet mama rest in peace. You deserve it. I love you until we meet again for girls night. We are we had so much fun you me Grandma Fran and even Megan one night. I love you endlessly my beautiful mama.
