“At the End of the Day” around 7:30 p.m. my Mother would grab her favorite book and car keys and off to the “Pavilion” we would go!
This was our daily schedule:
Breakfast by 9:00 a.m.
Beach by 10:00 a.m.
Cottage for lunch by 1:30 p.m.
Mother’s Nap by 2:30 p.m.
Dinner by 6:00 p.m.
Shower and dressed in my summer halter-top, short-shorts and flip-flops by 7:15 p.m.
Pavilion by 7:30 p.m.
The “Pavilion” was the biggest daily event of my summer! This pink building held my most prized memories. Inside there was a pool table, pinball machines, a jukebox, snack bar and did I mention “BOYS”! The Pavilion was also the local fishing pier and the hang out for all the “Holden Beach Boys”! It cost 25 cents to walk out on the pier and I would always go at least twice. Keep in mind this was after one of the best looking guys took a walk. All of this while my Mother sat in the car reading her book so I could watch the boys! Sometimes it is hard to wrap my mind around the wonderful things my Mother did for me. Think about it….everyday she would sit in the car while I had a chance to play the jukebox, shag dance to the beach music and watch the boys. I wish I had told her how much that meant to me. She never complained.
My heart smiles with loving thoughts of my Mother “At the End of the Day”!
“Whatever is true, whatever is honest, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is kind, if there is any virtue, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on these things” (Philippians 4:8).
Debra
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