Goodbye, Queen Elizabeth. I will miss you

There aren't many people left who have been part of my life for its entirety of 74 years.  I told a friend, not long ago, that Elizabeth was one of the few remaining.   Plagued with an 'interesting' and what had to be, distressing family, she always held her head high in dignity and humanity.  

She stood for her country and worked for the WW2 war effort.  She was a lady. 

I will miss her presence in this world.

She was also one of the last of that amazing WW2 group of women, who really were the greatest generation.  NO one had to tell them they were WOMEN! EVER!

It was the generation of my mother, who as a single woman left the Ozarks of Arkansas to Long Beach, Calif. where she wore silk trousers and smoked cigarettes and drank whiskey sours! She never left her children for an hour. Ever.

GOD! I hope you had some fun, Mama.  YOU taught me so much!  How I wish I had listened more.  

Another was the woman who became my mother-in-law.  She was a teen-age war bride from England, where she and her siblings hid, nearly starving, in makeshift bomb shelters when the lights all went out night after night.  Our group of kids was about 14 years when she took her Oath of Citizenship to the United States. She was so proud, and a good American citizen and we were all so proud of her.

Sylvia, a neighbor, who worked the election polls faithfully, every election.  Dressed in purple with perfect white hair.  

And Mrs. Ray, another British immigrant, who hired a kid of 16 whose dad just died and needed a job to support a sick mother.   I was not qualified to work in an insurance/real estate office and this wasn't the first time they helped a good student.  I learned more from those good people than most of us ever learn at a university.  They introduced me to Sen. Wayne Morse and politics and the works of Ayn Rand and all the great literary giants of America as well as the study of all religion.

These are the women who shaped my life.  I will never be able to repay you.

Thank you, 
TTC.

A Princess At War: Queen Elizabeth II During World War II

During the Second World War, life changed dramatically for the people of Britain, including the Royal Family.

Elizabeth with Harry Truman. She served through 14 of our presidents.

The Queen and President Trump. They liked each other.  

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Mama 

 (one of the few photos of my family left after the Alameda ARSON Fire )

I miss you EVERY day and you will never be forgotten.

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YEAH!

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