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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2020 20:00:08 GMT -5
^^^^ I don't think that the size of the house was so hard for June as much as she made it her life and treated her life as her job. She would be great at anything she chose to do simply because she was organized, dedicated and knowledgeable.
And she does it with such love and has a lot of faith in Ward that he is going to keep her life running smoothly.
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Post by tommyc on Dec 4, 2020 23:56:58 GMT -5
Different strokes for different folks, though. My mother was happy with the life she chose for herself and that's what counts. My mom also chose to be a housewife and she devoted herself to my dad and us kids. She gave up a promising career when she became pregnant with her first child, who sadly, was stillborn. Before that, she was a 1960's career girl working her way up at the corporate office of SOHIO. My dad always said and still says that mom was brilliant and would have been the first female executive at SOHIO had she not given it all up for her family. He also would kiddingly say we could have been rich instead of us surviving on his meager catholic school teacher salary. But we would have been a completely different family and she made the decision that was best for her and us. Mom would talk about her days working at SOHIO and the excitement of working in downtown Cleveland, etc but never once did she say she wished she remained in the corporate world. I think she was very happy staying home, taking care of the house, us kids and cooking. It seemed nothing made her happier than seeing her family enjoy her daily home cooked meals. In addition to the housework, she was also the unofficial teacher assistant to my dad. My dad was an English teacher and debate coach and she would help him grade tests and prepare for the debate season. This was in the 70's through the early 2000's. When I was growing up many kids had mothers that were working. When they asked me what my mom did, I always felt like I was selling her short by saying she was a housewife. I always felt the need to make sure they knew she did more than just clean and cook. Now that I'm older, I have even more respect for her and all she did to make her family's life run smoothly while also filling our home with fun, love and laughter. Where she found the energy, I'll never know! For those who don't know, SOHIO was Standard Oil of Ohio, which per wikipedia was the "earliest component of the original Standard Oil company founded by John D. Rockefeller." It was later acquired by British Petroleum. My dad was going through some of my mom's things recently and came across this pin she received on her 5th anniversary of working there. Attachment DeletedAn old SOHIO station... Attachment Deleted
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Post by AR15 on Dec 5, 2020 16:09:11 GMT -5
AR-15, I agree with Scarlett. This was a very interesting thread. I hope you won't regret starting it. Thanks, both I appreciate that.
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