As They Were

I've been reading in my grandma Bonny's "Reflections From A Mother's Heart" journal. My dad gave this to his mother for a Christmas gift, and she gave it back when she finished answering all the questions. There were two questions about how you most often remember your parents. Since the last two posts were about her parents I thought this would be an appropriate time to document Bonny's memories of her parents.

Describe your mother in her best dress.
My mother, Amy, was always very fond of navy blue dresses with a white dollar. I think she felt it made her feel smaller. I once heard her comment when one of her friends died that "wasn't it awful, her kids couldn't even buy her a new dress to be buried in." I bought her a new navy blue dress (beautiful but I couldn't find one with a white collar) so she was dressed in her best to meet God.

Describe your father in his work clothes.
Below is a picture of Dad as I saw him most every day he didn't wear a suit very often. It was always his felt hat, battered and stained, the crooked stem pipe which had worn his teeth down to fit always in his mouth but for special occasions he smoked a cigar, a chamberag blue work shirt, overalls, a size too big, with the legs spilling over his shoes. He was so short the legs were always too long. Worn, battered, stained, lace-up steel-toed work shoes. For dress-up he wore steel-toes black policemen shoes. He ordered these from someplace.