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I thought about yesterday's post a lot, and then spent time looking for a specific photo and by the time I gave up on posting a picture my brain was fried and I went to bed.
Day 4-Your parents
My parents were born and raised in neighboring towns in southern West Virginia. Daddy was on the football team in high school, and I think mama was a cheerleader. If not officially, then she was his biggest unofficial cheerleader. *g* They both belonged to 4-H, played tennis, daddy was a lifeguard and worked during the Great Depression in the WPA doing road work. He and mama eloped over the state line to Virginia in 1939, and my sister was born a year later.
He worked at a diner for a while and then moved the three of them to Miami where he took a job flipping burgers downtown at a new place called Royal Castle. By the time he retired in 1969 he was third Vice President of the company and had taken an active part in the design of the newer shops. :)
Mama was a housewife. She did all the requisite things - cooking, sewing, not a lot of cleaning (I inherited that particular trait) and doing club things. Woman's Club, Garden Club, Civic Club, PTA, Girl Scouts - you name it, she was involved. When I was in school we would go out after school for a soda, or a piece of cake at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Little River, or to the Neisner's 5&10 at Biscayne Shopping Plaza. It was the best uninterrupted time we could find to talk about my day. That's the kind of mom she was.
My dad passed in 1978 when I was 23, mama died in 1993 when I was 39. They both left quite a legacy.
Day 5-Your favorite recipes
I think I'll use an image or two for this one. :)
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