Mom got called MOVIE STAR for once she was the CENTER of ATTENTION!

 

Now 25 years ago but this is such a dear memory of my Mom!She NEVER was the CENTER of ATTENTION before...Always a hardworking Mom and without any complaining, she helped Dad in the fields and greenhouses and ran the entire household for nine!Sure, I've helped her a lot but she never had time off, for visiting with a friend or seeing her own Mother. Mom never had a driver's license, so she was pretty much stuck in her kitchen and home.Dad on the contrary, being a member of two choirs, had to perform regularly, and he sang solos and got lots of attention. Mom was proud of him! She was an ANGEL and one that never complained...On March 20, 1996 Mom & Dad flew together with our friend Marianne, who'd visited her son in The Netherlands, from Amsterdam to Atlanta.So I found it was time for giving her a special gift! On Friday of March 22nd, Pieter went with Dad to his Rotary Club meeting. Just Mom and me, we drove to the next city, about one hour away and we both had Glamour Shots made as it is called.Mom had NO makeup on, only some powder for reducing shine and LIPSTICK!Her hair got done with big rollers and then all the garments came out.The photographer had asked me ahead of time, some Dutch words so he could give her his commands in HER language. Mom was so charmed by him and he even spoke Dutch she later in the car said!Dad was quite impressed when we both got home, she still was radiating, so happy and relaxed and she felt pampered by so much attention.When we went on Friday March 29, to pick up the photos that I'd selected off the computer screen, Mom & I went out for lunch and some shopping. Returning home, Dad could not believe with what she came home with. One selected photo and all the small ones; he got very 'quiet'...~When on that Friday evening, all friends complimented her, including Uncle Bo, as how young she looked compared to her very 1st visit in 1987, eight years earlier, Mom was in heaven and Dad was very, VERY quiet! Mom even reprimanded him one time, where she said he had to look nice...She called it her BEST GIFT EVER so that made both our hearts sing.A gift well chosen...Next day she had a hard time saying goodbye at the airport, after I'd checked both of them in First Class on my Royal Wing card from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. They even let all four of us use the Lufthansa lounge which both airlines did share for their first class and business class passengers.We'd purchased Mom & Dad a regular economy ticket but it was a gift, in return for being able to use their car at times when visiting in The Netherlands...
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