Happy Birthday Mom! I am very blessed to be able to share my life with my Mom.
In 1933 my mother was born, in Marietta Georgia. She had two older brothers, Bobby and Don. My grandparents were in their 30's. The Great Depression was in full swing.Right after she was born, her brothers came down with whooping cough and had to be quarantined for several weeks. My grandparents had their hands full.
My grandparents, Bob Hasty and Wilma Butler Hasty:
My uncles, Bobby and Don:
And Elva made the smallest stairstep:
Mom started taking tap dancing lessons when she was small, then singing lessons. She eventually would sing at weddings, in USO shows, and would consider a career in music. Below, Mom in one of her recital dresses. She still had that dress when I was small, and I would play "dress up" in it.
While she was a senior in college, she met this guy, Tony Thompson:
And before she had known him a full year, they were married. This was made right around that time and is one of my all-time favorite shots of my parents:
Then came her first little house, and in 1959, my brother:
By 1963, Mom was looking after me and my brother, a full-time job:
And through the years she kept in contact with her brothers:
My grandparents are gone, as is my uncle Bobby, but Mom carries on. She blogs. She farms her Farmville place. She helps Michael with homework. She watches the news and is better informed than anyone I know. She talks to her friends. She is there for my friends. She is an amazing person. I love you a great big bunch Mom!
