I think it was 2007 the last time I blogged any questions from this book that I'd like to finish before I'm finished.
Next question: How did your Mother spend her day? Did she have a job or do volunteer work outside the home?
Mama spent her days working, working, working. She must have believed that idle hands are the playground of the devil. My sisters inherited this trait but the devil must have snatched me up. The first memories I can recall was Mama sewing at the old house. I remember she made me a doll, I think it was a doll, out of an empty thread spool. I also recall washing day at the "new" house, dancing and singing to the rhythm of the wringer washer. Later after she got her drivers license (that's a whole 'nuther story) she worked at the shirt factory in Hertford, where her goal was to make production. I had no idea at the time what production was, but I remember everybody was trying their best to keep her from making it. I don't know why she left the shirt factory (maybe she got laid off, which happened from time to time) but her next public job was at the cotton mill in Edenton from which she retired.
Mama also did a lot of volunteer work for the church, school and anyone in the community in need. What a good woman and a wonderful role model.
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