What was my mom like? My mom was awesome.
She always had my back . Even made my sisters angry because she spoiled me so much. She was a city girl who had to become a farmers wife and she did most things better than the farm girls like. Knitting , CREWEL EMBROIDERY, CROCHET, QUILTING , SMOCKING , she made shirts and pants too. I learned knitting , embroidery and sewing from her. She was into many crafts too like copper tooling, paint by numbers.
Mom was a leader / member of the 4H , UCW(United Church Women) and WI(Women’s Institute) .
Mom taught me a lot about making preservers , pickles and cooking in general. As a kid I was her helper in the kitchen. She was an unreal cook. When I went to university I did the cooking and the other guys did the cleaning , there was four of us. After I got married Rita banned me from the kitchen.
Moms love of flowers and things that grow is still with me today. We had a big garden on the farm .
Mom won a lot of prizes at the fall fair in Bonfield and used the money to buy her cherished china that Amy and Meghan now has.
Some farm things she did but wasn’t that great at like milking cows, shoveling manure, driving tractors . She always sang out of key.
(Originally posted to Storyworth in 2023)