Mostly True Facts About My Mom

Facts about my mom.  They come in waves so someday this post will be complete...


Her favorite color was green.
Her eyes were so sparkling blue with a small dot of brown in her left eye.
She ran track in high school.  She was a sprinter, but terrible at distance running.
She broke her right foot both times she tried to ice skate.
She had her own bowling ball with her name on it.
Her favorite teacher was her fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Greenhoot.
She hated dresses as a child.
She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and spent a few years growing up with her grandparents in a small river town.
She was a Navy child, trekking across country with her four brothers, her parents, and their cat in a station wagon.
She was the middle child of five and the only girl.

Her biggest fear was frogs and toads.

She started going gray at 17 years old.