My brother and his wife came to visit recently. We’re still sorting through our parents’ treasures, so Scott delivered some odds and ends from our childhood home—a few church books, high school yearbooks, my childhood merit badge badalo sash (now you know why I’m such a fan of merit badges), AND my mother’s …
Singer sewing machine, the one I learned to sew on.
This isn’t just any sewing machine, this was my parents’ biggest expenditure, and a source of great pride. From my father’s checking account (below), you can see they withdrew $85 in September of 1941 to get married. That October, they spent $18 on a washing machine, and then in December, $12.51 on Christmas. But in August of 1942, they purchased their biggest item to date, a $110 sewing machine for my mother. They didn’t purchase their first car until several years later (after their third child was born). Instead, they pulled their kids around town in a red flyer wagon.
In 1971, I served as a Student Body Officer in my high school and in 2001, attended
my 30-year high school reunion.
Can you find me on this page?
I couldn’t.
The original Facebook.
Sigh. It’s good to step back in time. Wasn’t it only yesterday my mother and I stayed up half the night to finish sewing my prom dress on the machine that I’ll now use to teach my grandchildren how to sew?
How lucky are you? That is so awesome that you have your mothers sewing machine back in your hands!
Enjoy it!
Hugs,
Laurie
That was priceless and so very precious! Thanks for sharing.
Ahhhhh, I love trips down memory lane. Wow, no car. Almost unimaginable in THIS day & age. Some people change a lot in appearance over time – you sure haven’t. I think my mother may have the same exact machine – given to her by my G-momma! Hmmmm, is that you in the top left row?
Thanks for sharing with us. I’m making my trip right now & will be stopping to see my brother in OK. I haven’t seen him since my mom’s funeral in 2001. We talk via the phone, but it will be good to see each other & share memories about our parents, too.