tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post7500613934691855116..comments2024-01-08T18:08:40.779-06:00Comments on Family Archaeologist: "If I'm never happy again..." Giving Thanks reduxLinda Gartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740477693031139484noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-12448102528456677602023-05-10T19:55:27.300-05:002023-05-10T19:55:27.300-05:00This was aa lovely blog postThis was aa lovely blog postVegan Recipeshttps://www.culinaryvegans.com/vegan/vegan_curry_potato_soup_5428628986.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-70470258917716175402011-12-02T16:32:20.190-06:002011-12-02T16:32:20.190-06:00Hi folks,
Thanks for all the lovely comments. Jus...Hi folks, <br />Thanks for all the lovely comments. Just to clarify, Mom's salary was $130/ MONTH not per week. So Candace, That's about $32 per week. Still not bad for a single gal. Of course today, she might be running a Fortune 500 company!LInda Gartzhttp://www.familyarchaeologist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-86914376563461806792011-12-02T16:22:25.279-06:002011-12-02T16:22:25.279-06:00Linda, I was especially interested in your mother&...Linda, I was especially interested in your mother's report of her raise to $130/wk. "Not bad" indeed! I compare that with my then newly-wed parents, aged 18 and 20, whose combined weekly income at A&P in Jeffersonville, IN was $45. I love reading your posts. CandaceCandacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985879247117518101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-46471221079405081972011-12-01T00:18:05.614-06:002011-12-01T00:18:05.614-06:00Linda, I'm a little late on catching up on my ...Linda, I'm a little late on catching up on my reading, but so glad to have found your post! What a precious thought, "If I'm never happy again..." A terrific attitude, and something we all can tuck away and remember during those hard times that inevitably come.<br /><br />I loved your mom's prescient comment about her notes some day being worth it. I've seen that tendency to think of one's personal future, awareness of future generations and descendants, waft in and out of our culture's history--something that seems to be missing in our current times.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-814221044332390192011-11-30T19:36:04.637-06:002011-11-30T19:36:04.637-06:00This was the perfect post to include so close to T...This was the perfect post to include so close to Thanksgiving. I can identify so strongly with her expression of thankfulness.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-57263946784366292142011-11-30T13:19:48.067-06:002011-11-30T13:19:48.067-06:00We talk endlessly of how hard Americans work today...We talk endlessly of how hard Americans work today--and they do, but back during WWII, the hours were long and it was mostly women doing the work at most of the young men were at war. <br />Mom never shied away from hard work--but there's a limit to how long one can work non-stop, and we'll see that in the future. Thanks, Katy, Marian and Sandy for your comments.Linda Gartzhttp://www.familyarchaeologist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-67168693823206393472011-11-30T08:16:45.013-06:002011-11-30T08:16:45.013-06:00Lil wrote with sincerity and depth. This is a wond...Lil wrote with sincerity and depth. This is a wonderful expression of the person she must have been," I thought tonight, if I am never happy again I really shouldn’t complain because I’ve had such a very full life already." Linda I know where your talent comes from.Sandy Arnonehttp://www.spittalstreet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-65379387781687403432011-11-29T10:47:50.835-06:002011-11-29T10:47:50.835-06:00Excitement reigns, everyone was so excited when th...Excitement reigns, everyone was so excited when they had Sats. off. A former employer told me that when her husband was younger, that cars from Evanston Golf Club met the men at the station on Sats. so they wouldn't miss their golf games. How times have changed!Marian Kurznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853410677893201016.post-77368794596363712472011-11-29T10:23:21.080-06:002011-11-29T10:23:21.080-06:00Wow- what a look back in time. Lil could teach my ...Wow- what a look back in time. Lil could teach my teenage kids a few lessons about gratitude and perspective (being glad to get Saturday off! A raise to $130/week!Being grateful for her parents!). I agree completely with your comment-thank goodness your Mom took the time to write her diary in such vivid detail. KatyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com