Re: feature night tonight?

Posted by Alan K on March 10, 2014 at 21:50:50 from (208.83.187.208):

In Reply to: feature night tonight? posted by Larry@stinescorner on March 10, 2014 at 15:28:10:

My Mom and Dad:

Dad was always there to teach. I never wanted to miss a chance to ride along on the tractor. Always enjoyed that, and when he borrowed grandpa's 1950 Chevrolet pickup to take a tire to town to get fixed. I can remember the old wire spring seat and the "cushion" on top and the octagon starter button on the floor. Had a lot of wonderful times with him doing something so simple. He worked long hours to provide for all of us (as Im sure many parents and grandparents on here did). He was in Korea from 1951 to 1953 and was always proud of serving, but never spoke much in to detail about it. He was always there with words of encouragement. When I started making reproduction tractor parts he was helping me on a part but I couldn't figure out how to get the corners right on a part...he finally kind of chuckled and said I give up, but he said keep plugging away at it, you'll get it...and I did. Later in life he ended up getting cancer and emphysema but rarely really complained about it. He always said You have to live the life your given. He passed away in 1999. I was 33 at the time.
My mom wrapped coils for generators during WW2. At the end of the day she would go out back and look at the ones that were discarded. She said she could always tell which ones she wrapped as she is left handed and they were wrapped opposite of everyone else's. She always said she didn't see any of hers in the pile. She was always there to help with things. In 1978 she was diagnosed with RP which is an eye disease that you end up with tunnel vision. Even though it was hard on her she always said she was grateful for what sight she did have. In my high school years she would sit and listen to music with me...my music from the early 1980s. She still enjoys a lot of it. What kid can say that about their mom now days? When she was growing up she asked her mom to teach her to play the piano but grandma said Im not a teacher so she taught herself to play piano. She is 87 now and has had dementia for the last few years. It is hard to see someone go through that.

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