Is never easy, no matter how old you or she were at the time.
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| Mom's engagement photo |
The queen was a monarch, but a mother too, not only to her immediate family, but to her country and beyond as witnessed by the tributes worldwide.
My mother and the queen shared not only motherhood, but also service to their country service during WW II.
The late queen was a driver and mechanic, despite her father, King George VI, stated opinion that, as a princess, she shouldn't join a women's auxiliary or work in a factory. On turning 18, she signed up becoming the first full time female member of the royal family to sign up for armed forces service.
My mother also served the war effort, but in a different way. She and her sister worked at an aircraft assembly factory in my home state of NJ. Along with other female workers, they assembled wings on FM-2 Wildcat fighter planes and collectively they were famously known as Rosie the Riveter.
Today, would have been my mother's 100th birthday. Family and friends celebrated at a party on her 90th. Today was spent looking over photos from that event, while the world was remembering another mother. (It's why this post was delayed.)
Happy 🎂 Birthday, Mom ♥️
Time doesn't dim memories. It makes them more precious.
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