An Email Even Better Than The Call!

I sent a link of my previous post to "James" yesterday. Here's the email I received today:

Jessica,
Thanks for sending me the blog.  Very nice and

it was touching.

About 3 months ago I saw the PBS special on the

Dust Bowl--it was during the time I was born.  Not

only the Dust Bowl, but the Depression was in full

bloom.  I realized at the time that the real heroes of

that time were the mothers who were single and had

to raise their children alone.

My mother was divorced when I was 4 years old.

Imagine what it must have been like.  She worked for

the Bell Telephone Co, who paid extremely low wages.

I never really appreciated how she did it.  She  also

convinced me to go back and finish high school.

When I got home after WWII I bought a bike and worked for

a year--She got me to sell the bike and finish high

school and apply for the GI Bill.  I don't  think children really

appreciate what parents do for them until they get

older and have children of their own. I do know that she must

have been extremely apprehensive all the time I was in the

war.

The one thing I regret is that I never took the time to tell her how

much I appreciated her. She died at 84.

I again thank you.

"James"