I am my mothers daughter....

Had this thought today and thought I would share it here even though it really isn't related to the kennel at all....

While running the chainsaw at the property today, I couldn't help but think about my mom and the wonderful memories I have of her when I was still living at home. I was about 16 - 18 years old and I clearly remember all of the hard labor she put in for many years... and that was after they sold the "mom & pop" store they owned for 20+ years. She would rise early with Dad and see him off to work and then get me up bright and early to get the day started so I could get the required work done before heading off for the day with someone....usually with Tom if he had the day off and was around. We would cut up, split and stack wood for the coming winter of heating the garage/workshop. We could cut up the slab wood from the sawmill and get that put in the wood shed too. We would tail the sawmill to produce more lumber for whatever we were building at the time. That of course produced even more slab wood that would have to be cut up and put away. We would mow lawns... and just do general maintenance around the house. If I was going to be there for dinner we would play a game of badmitten or ping pong to determine who would make dinner... the loser had to make dinner!!

I remember that at times I really hated the work I had to do before I would be able to go play, but looking back on it... I learned alot from my mother. She wasn't afraid to do much of anything. It didn't matter if it was something everyone thought was a "man's job"... she would do it anyway.

I am so glad that Dad never squelched this in my mother... more often, he was a great teacher and showed me how to do many things too.

I have such fond memories of growing up and since I was really more of an only child being raised 9 years after the youngest of the older three siblings I was able to spend alot of quality time with my parents...

Thank you mom and dad for your love and support thru the years! You helped me become the woman I am today in more ways than I could ever write here or you will ever know!