A few weeks ago, Mom’s father, Robert Vincent Batliner, passed away. He was 88 years old. Rob and I were able to spend three days with him in hospice in Kansas City before he passed away. This was a special time for us and we were glad to have that time with him. Over the course of our visit and stay with Mom’s sister Michelle, we discovered more photos of Mom as a child and wanted to share those here. Mom’s birthday is tomorrow, April 23rd; she would have been 64 years old.
Filed under: Family
On a recent visit to Kansas City, mom’s sister, Michelle, provided copies of old photos.
Filed under: Family, Photos | Tags: cheerleader, cheerleading, high school, Richardson, Texas
Here is a high school photo from Spring 1963 at Richardson High School. That is Mom in the middle, doing the splits on the floor.
Filed under: Family, Photos | Tags: children, Easter, Emily, Jim, kids, Rob, wedding
-
- Shery & Jim’s wedding, November 22, 1975
-
- Family photo
-
- Easter 1984
-
- Rob & Mom in Virginia Beach
-
- Rob & Mom in Virginia Beach
-
- Rob & Mom, 1999
-
- Rob & Mom
-
- Rob, age 3, the day of the dog bite
Filed under: Family, Photos | Tags: child, graduation, Grammie, Michelle, Photos, youth
When Rob and I visited Kansas City last weekend, Grammie gave us some old photos of Mom!
Mom at age 12
Mom at her high school graduation (she is the one on the far right and that is Michelle in front of her!).
Mom and Grammie posing!
Every once in a while in Shreveport we would get big-name bands through the Casinos. One day Shery found out that KISS was coming to perform at Horseshoe. She insisted that we go. I had no idea who KISS was; I had never heard of them. So I agreed to go. I have never seen something like that. Never. I can remember them shooting off fireworks and him sticking his tongue out. It was beyond me. It was funny. I am sure Shery knew who they were. There is no doubt in my mind that she knew who they were, but I don’t know why she wanted to go. I know about Tony Bennett and Barbara Streisand, but I didn’t know KISS. And, I didn’t want to know him afterwards either. All that electrical stuff KISS had happening? That was pretty wild. We laughed about that experience over and over.
A memory on Mother’s Day: Mom used to give me bookmarks. Just little, paper bookmarks. She would sign and date them on the back. I still have them and still use them.
Filed under: Birthday, Family | Tags: Birthday, cross stitch, framing, Nancy Thomas, pottery, Rosalyn, Rowe, Roz
I was remembering it was your mom’s birthday. I have many things in this house to remind me of Shery every day. She introduced me to cross stitch, gave me cross stitch and framed most of my cross stitch. All of my Rowe pottery, Nancy Thomas and Willard lamps remind me of her or came from her.
