An open letter to my Mom....

I Love my Mom...I really do. She has been a great inspiration to me my whole life...someone I have always looked up to...someone who has always been there when I needed her the most...without asking a single question. She makes me Laugh till I hurt... she taught me about food and cooking, fashion and how to smell really good. She dyed my hair for me when I was 15...bleach blond (hey Southern Calif surfer girl phase...what can I say)...and she never said no or asked questions...just did it right for me. She taught me to sing and have a great love of music and how important it is to remember lyrics. She put up with my sea of boyfriends as was growing up...holding judgement until she found out how I felt about them after my first date. She cut my hair for the very first time when I went to summer camp...and cried for a week. She added excitement to everything I did ...making life an adventure each day.

Thanks Mom for the nights you rolled back the carpet and danced with me all night when I was bummed out, Thanks for making those 'special treats of graham Crackers and left over butter cream icing for after school, thanks for slipping in that extra Twinkie for the school field trips, thanks for calling my teacher to say I was not feeling well so we could have a Mother Daughter Day, Thanks for teaching me to sew, thanks for teaching me to swim, thanks for being such a great mother in law (that's from Richard)...

And mostly Mom...thank you for giving me so much to remember, so many good times and being my best friend for 58 years....

I Love You...

Your Little Black Sausage

The pictures are of my Mom when she worked at Warner Brother Studios in the early 40's ...she worked in the mail room and also was a sometimes bit actress. She sang at the Hollywood Canteen during WWII, and Was a Rosie Riveter (which is the last picture)