“Happy Birthday to the Best MOTHER”

Sep 25th “Happy Birthday to the Best MOTHER”

Little Marie Brady, herself.

This PHOTO of little, MARIE gives to me, an idea of where certain features of some of our generations now following – whether or not, they LOOK like the maternal side of the FAMILY.

Just to start off in LIFE, as the “thirteenth child” – that just has all kinds of things that we today would not know how to handle, much less understand. A couple of “MARIE’s” older brothers were already married and no longer living at home – and with FAMILY gatherings – – so many thought that “Little Marie” was one of their daughters’.

“MARIE” was now replacing the previous ‘baby’ in the FAMILY, and that was Phillip Brady, just ten years older than Marie. The only other girl in the FAMILY was Irene Brady and she was five years older than Phillip – and in a few more years would be getting married to a William B. Riley.

“Here is one of my favorite PHOTOS of little, “MARIE” – and just the way she is looking – – I have seen several of the future children to come along through out the years – that have this very same look!”

How would you like, to have to wear so many clothes on a hot “SUMMER DAY” as little MARIE has on – and do not forget the extra ‘petticoats’ and the “Pantaloons” which generally fasten around the waist and could reach to the ankles, and all of these were wonderful for WINTER weather – – but for the SUMMER time – – no wonder people were all small and they melted off any chance of getting too heavy.

Also, as a small child, Marie had the lightest of “Blonde color hair” – as she grew older – her hair would start turning brown and getting darker, and instead of grey or white hair when she died – it was dark brown – – just the opposite of most people.

Just need to add a few other words that describe “MARIE” some – qualities, motherly, protective, caring, nurturing, loving, devoted, affectionate, fond, warm, tender, gentle, kind, kindly, comforting – and only if you really spent some quality time with her – – would you really get to know what a wonderful person she always was!

May our Almighty Yahweh bless “MARIE, my MOTHER” more so than so many others – – as her LIFE was arranged for those times which made it impossible to live her own LIFE – – when the youngest girl in a FAMILY had to be the “care-taker” of her parents – presenting problems and a difficult LIFE here on EARTH, and she did deserve so much better than she received!
“Happy Birthday, MOM” – – -D.V.