No pictures but let's name everything.  The very first is she's a single mother who became pregnant after being raped.  The strength to take on a child by herself at 23, that's a strength I do not possess.  She went to Europe twice because of her singing voice, 1st she represented Wisconsin (only a couple from each state won the seats), 2nd was through some program Jimmy Carter started.  She rode a motorcycle that she won on the radio.  She took a spiritual journey from WI to California by herself with her dog.  She appeared on the cover of Time because her factory made the magazines.  She hurt her back lifting those magazines, had 2 spinal surgeries and went back to school for computers.  And lastly, I have a bad immune system and have been sick for 22 years and she's been my caretaker, doing everything I ever need while working to put s roof over my head and food in my belly.  THAT is why my mom is so unbelievably cooler than me.

My Grandma with her colleague's bricklayers back in the Siberia in 1950's. mason-59d6...0e532a.jpg