Text 36812, 48 rader
Skriven 2006-08-16 13:47:39 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 36636 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Inlaws                              was: CELEBRATION!
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12 Aug 06 16:00, Janis Kracht wrote to Carol Shenkenberger:

 >> I talk about Mom all the time though.  She's alive and kicking and was
 >> born 1930 so recalls the WWII era well enough.  Heard her story about
 >> how it was as a kid through her early teens and she didnt have
 >> anything horrific (nighmare value horrific) but had hardships.

 JK> I still remember how my Dad used to tease my mom about those days..
 JK> His favorite tease to her was, "Your family was on Welfare" which was
 JK> sooo silly of him to say :) I guess he meant the food coupons that
 JK> were used by so many at the time <grin>

Nancy's dad used to tell her mother that she was no better than a Mexican
peon. She spoke fluent Castillion Spanish and was of Spanish decent; a
Garcia who held lots of New Mexico land via Spanish land grants. Land that
they used as a commercial turkey farm, which financially fed the entire
Garcia/Fracaroli family.  The 'word-wars' that ensued were incomparable to
the arguements that my parents engaged in.

 >> My Mom is still around and one of the parts of getting stateside
 >> (probably retire) is so she can come live with us.  She's afterall,
 >> getting on a bit. xxcarol

 JK> That is so great to do.. it can be a little disrupting at first til
 JK> all are settled in to a new "routine" so to speak, but I don't regret
 JK> for a moment the times Ron and I were able to share with his parents
 JK> when they lived with us.

After Charles died, Maria Rena, Nancy's mom, moved in with the oldest
sister. That didn't last very long as the old gal didn't get along any
better with her oldest daughter. Then she moved in with us. That to me was
the worst years of our relationship. Nancy's mother made more work for the
both of us and the constant bickering alienated Nancy and I from her. The
old gal finally moved into a little 3bdr shack with a Mexican family. When
she was arrested and thrown into County Mental Health for cussing out a
black deputy sherrif, the youngest daughter 'rescued' her and she went to
LA to live with Terry and her husband. That lasted a few months and
then she was back on our doorstep...I refused to let her move in and
before long, she was put in a Catholic assisted living home by the eldest
sister. Her real problem was that she always had to be the dominant one in
every relationship. Even her grandchildren hated to be near her, even on
holidays.

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