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I love this picture of my mother — taken on the front porch of the house we shared with my grandmother — the gown, the gloves, the jewelery and the way my mother did her own hair (she hated going to beauty parlors, still does) my mom looked SO glamorous. She and dad were headed out to the New Year's Eve Ball held at the Hungarian Club in Woodbridge, NJ to party with Gypsy Joe and his band.
She was so young, vibrant, beautiful.
Still, all these years later, I can't help but reflect on the pain she's endured (dad, too) yet, my mother has an incredible amount of strength and compassion — honestly, the woman is filled with warm fuzzies — and her amazing ability to inspire the same in others, while I sit here and worry about..um…everything?
Well…I'm getting older…but, my mother just keeps getting, you know, better.
Even time can't erase the glint from those beautiful chocolate brown eyes and, this New Year's Eve, I plan to raise my glass, kiss another year goodbye and be thankful that, you know, I have my mother's eyes.
Oh…and remember to call my mother, of course!
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55 responses to “Nearly Wordless Wednesday: New Years Eve Glam”
Oh…yes she is glam. Isn’t it strange how we seem to have lost the art of glamour? I mean, I could dress up to the hilt and sit under the tree like that also but in a photo, I’d look so contrived and fake. She doesn’t. She looks like a wonderful mother and yes, I CAN see the resemblance.
Happy New Year!!
Oh…yes she is glam. Isn’t it strange how we seem to have lost the art of glamour? I mean, I could dress up to the hilt and sit under the tree like that also but in a photo, I’d look so contrived and fake. She doesn’t. She looks like a wonderful mother and yes, I CAN see the resemblance.
Happy New Year!!
Oh…yes she is glam. Isn’t it strange how we seem to have lost the art of glamour? I mean, I could dress up to the hilt and sit under the tree like that also but in a photo, I’d look so contrived and fake. She doesn’t. She looks like a wonderful mother and yes, I CAN see the resemblance.
Happy New Year!!
Oh…yes she is glam. Isn’t it strange how we seem to have lost the art of glamour? I mean, I could dress up to the hilt and sit under the tree like that also but in a photo, I’d look so contrived and fake. She doesn’t. She looks like a wonderful mother and yes, I CAN see the resemblance.
Happy New Year!!
Oh…yes she is glam. Isn’t it strange how we seem to have lost the art of glamour? I mean, I could dress up to the hilt and sit under the tree like that also but in a photo, I’d look so contrived and fake. She doesn’t. She looks like a wonderful mother and yes, I CAN see the resemblance.
Happy New Year!!
What a fantastic picture. You look a lot like your mom. What a nice tribute to her.
What a fantastic picture. You look a lot like your mom. What a nice tribute to her.
What a fantastic picture. You look a lot like your mom. What a nice tribute to her.
What a fantastic picture. You look a lot like your mom. What a nice tribute to her.
What a fantastic picture. You look a lot like your mom. What a nice tribute to her.
What a great post. I absolutely love this picture. Your mom looks so wonderful and happy and gorgeous!
What a great post. I absolutely love this picture. Your mom looks so wonderful and happy and gorgeous!
What a great post. I absolutely love this picture. Your mom looks so wonderful and happy and gorgeous!
What a great post. I absolutely love this picture. Your mom looks so wonderful and happy and gorgeous!
What a great post. I absolutely love this picture. Your mom looks so wonderful and happy and gorgeous!
That’s a beautiful picture!
That’s a beautiful picture!
That’s a beautiful picture!
That’s a beautiful picture!
That’s a beautiful picture!
Love love that picture! My parents used to get totally glammed out in the 60s and early 70s…we’re talkin’ high style! 🙂
Love love that picture! My parents used to get totally glammed out in the 60s and early 70s…we’re talkin’ high style! 🙂
Love love that picture! My parents used to get totally glammed out in the 60s and early 70s…we’re talkin’ high style! 🙂
Love love that picture! My parents used to get totally glammed out in the 60s and early 70s…we’re talkin’ high style! 🙂
Love love that picture! My parents used to get totally glammed out in the 60s and early 70s…we’re talkin’ high style! 🙂
What a great photo!
What a great photo!
What a great photo!
What a great photo!
What a great photo!
What a great photo. So beautiful!
What a great photo. So beautiful!
What a great photo. So beautiful!
What a great photo. So beautiful!
What a great photo. So beautiful!
What a nice picture. What a great post to end the year. My mom is also an inspiration to many, and I am grateful for her presence in my life. She is always very supportive and loving. I guess we are blessed. Wishing you and your family the best!
What a nice picture. What a great post to end the year. My mom is also an inspiration to many, and I am grateful for her presence in my life. She is always very supportive and loving. I guess we are blessed. Wishing you and your family the best!
What a nice picture. What a great post to end the year. My mom is also an inspiration to many, and I am grateful for her presence in my life. She is always very supportive and loving. I guess we are blessed. Wishing you and your family the best!
What a nice picture. What a great post to end the year. My mom is also an inspiration to many, and I am grateful for her presence in my life. She is always very supportive and loving. I guess we are blessed. Wishing you and your family the best!
What a nice picture. What a great post to end the year. My mom is also an inspiration to many, and I am grateful for her presence in my life. She is always very supportive and loving. I guess we are blessed. Wishing you and your family the best!
I remember the Hungarian Club in Woodbridge. There was one in New Brunswick too.
What a beautiful photo and a wonderful post.
I remember the Hungarian Club in Woodbridge. There was one in New Brunswick too.
What a beautiful photo and a wonderful post.
I remember the Hungarian Club in Woodbridge. There was one in New Brunswick too.
What a beautiful photo and a wonderful post.
I remember the Hungarian Club in Woodbridge. There was one in New Brunswick too.
What a beautiful photo and a wonderful post.
I remember the Hungarian Club in Woodbridge. There was one in New Brunswick too.
What a beautiful photo and a wonderful post.
What a grand photo and what love shines through.
What a grand photo and what love shines through.
What a grand photo and what love shines through.
What a grand photo and what love shines through.
What a grand photo and what love shines through.
What a great picture! I love it!
What a great picture! I love it!
What a great picture! I love it!
What a great picture! I love it!
What a great picture! I love it!