What was your mom like when you were a child?

BUSY!

Cynthia was a single mom. She and Fen Craft separated because of the war, at first. Then, my father met another woman in Halifax and deserted the family. He ended up disowning Eva, Maxine, and me so he wouldn’t have to pay child support.

Mom would do jobs like wallpapering houses, seamstress work, and worked as a practical nurse.

Things changed when she met and married Gordon. That was around the time I left school and started to work.