May 1st 2020 and my mom would have been 100 years old today. How would she view 2020, I wonder. Always an introvert, she could also be the life of the party. She was ever so happy at the sewing machine and even the outfit she’s wearing in this picture was all made by her. She was ever so the fan of a three piece suit, things matching, covered buttons and wearing heels 👠 She loves music and often ended the day of housecleaning with all the lights turned on and spinning Glenn Miller or Dionne Warwick. She would start dinner and say let’s dance Pat. I was her Patty, her youngest and since my siblings were older I felt like the only child. She taught me so many valuable lessons about honesty and putting myself in another persons shoes because not everything is about me. She was born into a dirt poor family and raised in the city of Columbus in Ohio. Like so many children of the depression her fondest memories were going to the movies. Everyone called her Maxine or Max because she hated Ruth, her first name. As a kid she would let me stay up late and watch the old movies with her. I learned a lot about movie stars. She told me the cowboy and Indian movies were a farce, because it wasn’t the true history of how white men treated them. Maxine was a Rosie riveter during the war and grew up a strong and loving mother despite her father abandoning his young family for another woman. In spite of enduring a stepfather who tried to molest her and being taken away from her own mother. They were hard times and in the court if a man had a job they wouldn’t take away his income. She never whined or lingered on the hard days of youth. Instead she became the best she could be. I am ever ignited by her spirit and love of life. In this photo she’s almost 80 and that gleam in her eye continued til we lost her in 2004. Maxine, full of piss and vinegar was somewhat like the cartoon Maxine, and that makes me giggle a little. I’m so grateful God gave me 84yrs (2004)with her, even though the last few were pretty challenging for me. Love you mom, sending hugs and kisses to you in heaven 😘💎🦄💜👠💄💋 Happy Birthday (at Trish A Jeffers-Zeh Of Zeffers Farm Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qMYWkHKpE/?igshid=16mbuo4mnjfdf
