Comments on: For Mother’s Day - Honoring the Mothers of the Past

By: Nanacrunch

Nanacrunch — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:24:02 +0000

Thank you JMB for your kind comments about my war bride mother’s story. My dad is alive and well age 93. He did remarry after a few years and has two sons by that marriage, my half brothers, whom I didn’t meet until they were 16 and 18 years of age when they visited me with my dad in Scotland.

By: Going to Cross Post This Because it Deserves the Attention-A War Bride Story - Crunchy Carpets - clean socks are a priviledge, not a right

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:08:02 +0000

[...] up the post about the upcoming War Bride Exhibit, my own Mom decided to share with us, the story of how HER mom and dad [...]

By: For Mother’s Day - My Family Story

For Mother’s Day - My Family Story — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:45:06 +0000

[...] up the post about the upcoming War Bride Exhibit, my own Mom decided to share with us, the story of how HER mom and dad [...]

By: Barbara Doduk

Barbara Doduk — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:44:31 +0000

I adore my mom. She did her best as a single mom raising two kids. She’s even on Facebook! HAHA My dad’s mom was a bingo lover, sadly she died in 1996. My mom’s mom is hangin’ in, she’s 89. Her birthday is the day after mine so we have often combined our cake eating parties, and she always asks me to trade ages. Sadly Paul’s nana just died a couple of days ago, so his mom had to fly out to England.

That sounds like a wonderful exhibition.

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By: Vic Grace

Vic Grace — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:43:10 +0000

What a shame you never met your Grandmother. I only knew one of mine and only for a few years. Unfortunately my boys don’t know my mother either as she died young.

There are always interesting things to do in Vancouver and it must be nice to get together with others you meet on the blog. Unfortunately we are much to far. I haven’t been visiting very much I must confess as I don’t think I am west coast living just south of Smithers but if that is OK anyway I will be back. I see I am on your blogroll at the blogspot place which I am reinventing. I will put one of your buttons on that blog.

I appreciate that you have visited me from time to time

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By: jmb

jmb — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:36:05 +0000

That was sad for your mother’s dad, who I assumed lived alone in North America. Sounds like an interesting exhibit. For some it is quite easy to move to another country as it was for me, but for others it is incredibly difficult, especially in times gone by. My grandmother and grandfather, in 1907, went from Scotland to Australia with seven children, my Dad the youngest at 7. The journey must have been horrible and seemed interminable to them. What courage must have been needed to leave their families knowing they would never see them again in all likelihood.

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