Did your Mom work, outside of the home, when you were a kid?

[Marthe48]

14. My parents owned a grocery store

My Mom kept the daily books, which she did at home in the den, no computer, but she had a manual adding machine I don't think my Dad or Mom got a paycheck, not sure how they dispersed profits. She also took care of us kids, and when my ailing great-aunt moved in as an invalid, in 1958, she and my Gram took care of her. My Mom ran errands for the store, jumped in as a clerk if we had a rush. She took care of my sister who had spinal surgery at age 14 for scoliosis, which left her in a body cast for 9 months, and a walking cast for 6. She also took care of my brother who developed Leg Perthys at age 8 and was in traction for about 4 years, 29 months at Rainbow Children's Hospital and the rest of the time at home. My Mom went to see him every day, exceot Sundays, when he was at Rainbow, which was about a 30 minute drive through Cleveland. The rest of us would go on Sundays.

I know you are probably wanting yes or no responses about defined jobs, but Mom did what she did, at home or at the store. I'm glad she got to do what she wanted in her later years. She deserved a medal.