“When I was the ONLY Super-Woman”

Feb 24th “When I was the ONLY Super-Woman”

“Powerful Katrinka”

When you hear words and or names that sound funny to your ears… that is way back when you are a little kid… they have a way of getting stuck in your brain, somewhere.

My Mother had the best command of the “English Language” and with her voice and diction… she could have been a stand-in for actress, Bette Davis. When my Mother wanted your attention… she had the voice to let you know exactly what she wanted and there was no way for you escape… it came across so very clear!

As I grew up… taller and able to reach and do whatever she was not able to do… my Mother would refer to me as her… “Powerful Katrinka!” I always thought that I was the next “Super Woman”… since I was able to do whatever Mom wanted me to do.

There was the time when my Father was not around and not available and with the cold weather coming and Mom needed the “storm-windows” hung as she was unable to do the hanging… and she was not able to physically carry them up from the basement. So… I was the only one around and available to be told how you get these windows up from the basement… without breaking … clean them… and hang them!

We lived in North Saint Louis and you may have seen the windows on some of the old houses. The height was at least 6 foot and all in a “one piece unit” with the hanging hooks to be attached at the top of each window. So… NOW the job for me was to bring each one up, carefully from the basement and without breaking… wash both sides and dry. The windows have all been washed and on the outside of the house… in the backyard… clean and ready to be lined up with the correct window to be hung.

This was all done so that when each “storm-window” was finally hung… we would have a nice clean glass to see through. There were 6 storm-windows for me to hang now. So… I’m just thinking about doing all of that work, and I’m plum tucker and worn out and come to think about it…today, could not even begin to do any of that kind of work, not at all now… nor in the future , too darn hard to do and involved!

This was just one of those times… way back and then… when I was called “Powerful Katrinka!”