MAMA MILLIE MOMENTS

At different times in my blog, I would like to introduce posts referred to as MAMA MILLIE MOMENTS. I will be sharing memories, sad, happy, funny, whatever about MAMA MILLIE, my Mother. We all have those times we can remember about our Mothers. You will get some idea about who my mother was and hear about different times she especially was a true one of a kind. So enough said, MAMA MILLIE'S, birth name is Miroslavka Vosecky,but referred to as MILLIE, as her name was so difficult to pronounce. She was born in Czechoslovakia in 1923. Her parents were poor, the children went to work at an early age,14. Whatever money they made it went to their parents.Mother worked as a maid. Times were tough in Europe, WW II. one day, my uncle brought a soldier to Mother's home. Mother said she saw this soldier, he was 5ft.3 she was 5t. 6. She said she would never care for a man shorter than herself.Well, sometimes, you have to eat your words. One month, after this soldier met Millie, they married, so now DAD is taking his bride to America. Mother spoke no English. Dad, wasn,t into teaching, so while listening to the radio, Mother learned English. No idea of what she was listening. Mother and Dad were poor with very little home items. Mom worked as a maid, made $5 A DAY. Dad worked in a steel mill. I, will never forget THE GOLDEN WHEAT PATTERN. A laundry co. offered different dish items (GOLDEN WHEAT)in various boxes. Mother was determined to complete a full 8 place dinnerware set. Oh! how my sister and I had to purchase the laundry detergent with this dish set, returning a box back to the store if we got the wrong box and we had enough of cups, whatever. We hated to be responsible to add up all of the boxes to complete this most coveted set. To this day, my sister and I will never forget the GOLDEN WHEAT DISH SET. Any time I see this old pattern , I could not but have a chuckle. Times have changed, thank goodness children don,t have to worry about THE GOLDEN WHEAT DISH SET. Do you have a childhood memory of your Mother that pops into your head? Oh! we completed the set, no idea where it went. Look for more MAMA MILLIE MOMENTS in the future. I