May Lawrence Cooper had a house full of kids and she focused on feeding them and keeping them clean. She cooked with a scarf around her head so she did not get a hair in the food. She picked vegetables, raised chickens, washed on a wringer washer in the basement and hung the clothes up to dry on lines. She worked. She drank a Dr. Pepper every day at 2:00 and she sat on the porch and watched the world go by. She never complained about how much she had to do --she tried to make us carry our load.
And she was a wonderful nurse. She knew what babies needed. I once took Mark to see Dr. Rolwing in Charleston and he told me to go ask Mama--that she knew babies better than he did.
One thing we had in common -- All of us children adored our parents. We did not always adore our siblings but we adored our parents. I hope they knew it.
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