My beloved "second mother" Aunt Elma (January 10, 1916-November 10, 2010) and Mom (January 2, 1916-November 8, 1987) — at their 60th birthday party here at this old house:
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| Photo taken in January 1976. |
I miss both of them every day.
My Aunt Elma's favorite song:
Mom's favorite song:
Was Doris Day singing that the only instance of someone breaking out in song in an Alfred Hitchcock movie?
ReplyDeleteThe Man Who Knew Too Much with James Stewart. Doris played a popular entertainer –– a songstress naturally –– who used the song to convey a signal to her kidnapped son trapped in the mansion of a diplomat with murderous designs on a VIP.
DeleteThe song was Doris's way of telling the boy, "Never fear, Mommy's here" in front of large elite gathering innocent of what was happening around them.
Of course it was JIMMY STEWART acting as a self-styled ommando, who saved the boy from certain death at the hands of the band of villains in a memorable scene that akes place on a broad staircase.
This was remake of a British Hitchcock film of the same name with Margaret Lockwood in the role our Doris would later play. As I recall, Lockwood did no singing.
I frankly prefer the original black-and-white version to the remake, but both are great fun. I never tire of the climactic scene ocurring during a choral concert at the Albert Hall where all depends on split second timing with a cymbal's loud crash.
Hitchcock was a master.
DeleteNice post! We should cherish our mother while they are with us, and hold them in our hearts forever.
ReplyDeleteDoing what our mothers taught us (wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, respect people's personal space, be polite) will get us through this pandemic.
I miss my mom, too! Happy Mother's Day, AoW!
ReplyDelete_________ M-O-T-H-E-R _________
ReplyDeleteI've been around the world, you bet, but never went to school
Hard knocks are all I seem to get, perhaps I've been a fool;
But still, some educated folks, supposed to be so swell,
Would fail if they were called upon a simple word to spell.
Now if you'd like to put me to the test,
There's one dear name that I can spell the best!
"M" is for the million things she gave me
"O" means only that she's growing old
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me
"H" is for her heart of purest gold
"E" is for her eyes with love-light shining
"R" means right and right she'll always be
Put them all together they spell MOTHER,
a word that means the world to me.
When I was but a baby, long before I learned to walk,
While lying in my cradle, I would try my best to talk;
It wasn't long before I spoke and all the neighbors heard,
My folks were very proud of me for "Mother" was the word.
Although I'll never lay a claim to fame,
I'm satisfied that I can spell the name:
"M" is for the mercy she possesses
"O" means that I owe her all I own
"T" is for her tender, sweet caresses
"H" is for her hands that made a home
"E" means ev'rything she's done to help me
"R" means real and regular, you see
Put them all together they spell MOTHER,
a word that means the world to me.
~ (lyrics by Howard Johnson - music by Theodore Morse) 1915
Happy Mother's Day to all who qualify.
ReplyDeleteTo all the Mom's out there: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
ReplyDelete_____ Mothers in Memoriam _____
ReplyDeleteHow fondly I remember
––– the days when mothers cared
And tried till the last ember
___ died to teach that what we dared
To say in gleeful wild defiance
___ was unworthy and insulting
A bane to self-reliance
___ 'cause old Nick we were consulting.
Today, as though besotted
___ by an ancient witch's potion
Our mothers' mores rotted
__ to Old Nick they've pledged devotion
And children free to shout and curse
___ and freely masturbate
Live lives immeasurably worse
___ for being profligate.
~ FreeThinke
_______ FOND REGRETS _______
ReplyDeleteI took from them, and took from them
And never let them know
How very much they meant to me,
And how I loved them so.
Somehow the debt was never paid,
So I’ll forever owe,
A debt I cannot hope to pay.
Before I could wake up
To say what I should say
They had left this earth
So, now I am forsaken,
Ne’er to be redeemed
For gratitude not given.
And so the next best thing
I did was try to be like them.
~ FreeThinke
Thank you, FJ.
DeleteFranco,
DeleteExcellent!
"Fond Regrets" is too often true for many. I myself managed to avoid this sin:
Before I could wake up
To say what I should say
They had left this earth.
This part is certainly true for me:
I’ll forever owe,
A debt I cannot hope to pay.
Franco,
ReplyDeleteThank you for contributing to this thread. I had a crazy weekend with various chores and was AWOL from the blogs.