1865: 13th Amendment is ratified. Slavery is abolished.
1877: The Washington Post publishes its first edition.
1897: London’s first licensed taxi cab goes into service. (No they are not yellow)
1929: Turkey introduces female suffrage.
1963: The Beatles begin the tradition of Christmas “greetings” to their fans.
My mother’s birthday is today!
Rose Goulart Judd is born December 6, 1920: Married to Buzz Judd Dec. 6, 1941.
Died in 1980 ravished by lupus and scleroderma. She was my mother, my best friend, my muse, my sounding board, and I loved her dearly.
I found this poem with no author credited but it conveys my feelings.
You suffered the wrath of the disease
Day after day, you endured the pain
You experience life’s worst lows,
You put up with trauma, again and again,
But even wile doing this
You had a smile on your beautiful face
The heavens may have taken you away
But your spirit, nothing can erase
Even though you are not here
You live among us, even today
Mom, we feel your love’s warmth
Through the sun’s rays
We miss you
My Christmas wish to the CBA members is a genuine hope all of you have been as lucky as I have. There was not one day when I never felt loved by my parents and I can’t remember ever spending more than a couple of hours being upset with them. ( My big sister Maria of course is all part of this.)
I could not fathom having parents that were not there for me or who did not listen to what I had to say. Hell, my parents went to see A Hard Day’ Night and thought it was a really cool movie. My mother went to the wherehouse (An old record store) to buy me the Tubes LP many years ago. She asked for help and the counter person said the Tubes were not that cool. My mother laid into him saying,”My son likes the Tubes and he knows what he is talking about. Now get me the LP.”
Yes I had the greatest mom and dad around.
Watching our 5 grandchildren grown up so fast it is like watching corn sprout up in a corn field. Our oldest grandson in in 8th grade, the next grandson is in 5th grade, the next grandson is in 4th grade, our granddaughter is 1st t grade, and our youngest grandson is 2 1/2 That makes up a basketball team.
I hope all our grandchildren will look back at their early lives and feel as fortunate as I do. That is my Christmas wish for them.
All of you have a wonderful Christmas. Be nice to each other. It doesn’t cost a penny. Until January 3 2020.
Read a book,hug a child, pet a dog, stroke, eat a bar of chocolate and Ikiru.