QOTD - When you were growing up...
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QOTD - When you were growing up...
| Tue, 05-27-2003 - 5:31am |
which of your parents were you closer to - and which one had the greater influence on you?
I was more like my Dad - and emulated him in most things. My Mother was a stern, disciplined woman, who kept things moving well - but I wasn't close to her - until much later in life. They were both good role models. Rosemary

My father was 40 when I was born, gave lectures at the dinner table on "How the atom bomb was built" (when I was in fifth grade), "His experiences growing up" (always), etc. He was somewhat afraid of us, having been orphaned at 7 and feeling that he knew zilch about kids. His reaction was to keep hands off unless I needed to be punished, which my mother would tell him when he got home. My little sister was never punished (I got blamed for her naughtiness), and to this day claims that our parents were so wonderful because they never yelled at us or hit us!
I look back at all the guidance I didn't get and the discussions I never had and feel very lonely, sometimes. Of course, all the ignoring helped to make me self-sufficient, I suppose. Always a silver lining to every cloud.
Anne
mom, she was very strict with us, but could see our side
of the coin. When she grew up at the age of 16 she was
giving speeches in Tulsa, Okl. We have 3 medals that she
won, people came from all over the county to hear her. She
really loved that and came in handy when we had public speaking.
When she married, she became a widow at 18 with a 9 month
old son, and gave up speaking. That happens to be my 82 yr
old bro in Fresno. My father was a cowboy, and I learned got
being a horse women from him. My mom died at 57, and he at
56 6 months to the day apart. This September she would be 100.
Betty