My mother spent a month in St. Josephs hospital in Mankato before I was born. She’d had diabetes since she was fourteen years old and her pregnancy with me hadn’t gone so well. She was 28 years old and I would be her first child. Mom and dad married in 1951 and for 6 years tried to have a baby and couldn’t. So when I … Continue reading THANK YOUR MOM
It is my birthday Monday, and I always think of my mom when my birthday comes around. Why? Giving birth is not an easy thing to do. I have witnessed my wife giving birth to our children. Pushing another human being out of your body is not a walk in the park. I admire women a lot for that reason. My mother and my grandmother … Continue reading HONORING MY MOM ON MY BIRTHDAY
