devoted (Carol 1968)
Second in a series of five photos of my mother entered in the 2025 Many Faces of Mom contest. Here are the third and first entries.
After retiring from competitive skating in 1954 mom married John and threw herself completely into her (subsequently) life-long pursuit of raising her five children in partnership with my father. She was attentive and sensitive to our various inclinations and needs, and with a seemingly inexhaustible store of energy and positivity (though I'm sure it didn't feel that way to her at times!). This is a photo of her with the five of us at Easter, 1968.
As one example of thousands, I credit her with my love of rock-climbing: when I was perhaps 7 or 8 years old the family was on a hike when we came across a somewhat rickety old fire tower. I was scared to follow my father and older brothers up, so my mother (who I learned many years later was even more terrified than I was) took me by the hand and told me "C'mon, it will be fun! Let's go!" -- she said she didn't want me to be limited by my fears.
devoted (Carol 1968)
Second in a series of five photos of my mother entered in the 2025 Many Faces of Mom contest. Here are the third and first entries.
After retiring from competitive skating in 1954 mom married John and threw herself completely into her (subsequently) life-long pursuit of raising her five children in partnership with my father. She was attentive and sensitive to our various inclinations and needs, and with a seemingly inexhaustible store of energy and positivity (though I'm sure it didn't feel that way to her at times!). This is a photo of her with the five of us at Easter, 1968.
As one example of thousands, I credit her with my love of rock-climbing: when I was perhaps 7 or 8 years old the family was on a hike when we came across a somewhat rickety old fire tower. I was scared to follow my father and older brothers up, so my mother (who I learned many years later was even more terrified than I was) took me by the hand and told me "C'mon, it will be fun! Let's go!" -- she said she didn't want me to be limited by my fears.