“I just want you for my own, more than you will ever know, make my wish come true…”
So, not much to write about, but my mother was part of a Washington Post article on Thanksgiving day. At long last, the true origin of her name! Enjoy!
“But here comes Silver West looking for her cousin to arrive. She is worried about being ready for today’s feast. She has already baked a poundcake and a Key lime pie, but the roast beef is still frozen. And for the most part, she is happy. Thankful for the son she had late in life and the husband she was married to for four years, four months and four days before he died of an aneurysm. And thankful for her name.
“People say, ‘Did you give yourself that name?’ ” she says, smiling. “I say no, my mother did. She was very poor, but she said, ‘As long as I have Silver, I will be rich.’ “
