Home > Author > Carolyn Bass Watson Dickens, Mother of Marsha Carol Watson Gandy
1 " MOTHERLY GUIDANCE to a 13 year old daughter: Dusty, one thing I have observed in life, people can Always spot a phoney.....and it doesn't take them long. Always be TRUE to yourself....some people will like you---some will not---some will be jealous of you---that is the way life is---and that is very sad; But---be who and what you are.......ALWAYS BE TRUE TO YOURSELF------TO THINE OWNSELF BE TRUE....I Love You Very Much. Hold this close to your heart throughout your lifetime. "
― Carolyn Bass Watson Dickens, Mother of Marsha Carol Watson Gandy
2 " AGE 17 -Getting her 'Sea Legs': YOU DID NOT BRING ME TO THE DANCE------AND YOU ARE NOT TAKING ME HOME. "
3 " Marsha: I miss Mother and Daddy so much...sometimes worse than others. My mind goes back to when Jeannie and I were children. It was during the Great Depression. We lived on the farm. Every night---we sat down by the light from a kerosene lamp---we sang hymns, Mother and Daddy took turns reading the Bible---and then each one of us said prayers.Daddy didn't like rice at all....But during the Depression.....that's what we had.....and Daddy learned to eat rice---AND HE LEARNED TO LOVE IT. Then, for the next almost 50 years that he lived.....he wanted to eat rice almost every day!It's 'funny' how things work out...... "
4 " Marsha, you and Jennifer have said to me on more than one occasion that you did not know why you could not be more like me. I would always say: 'You have not walked in my shoes." And then I would leave it at that.'Girls, I was 21 years old and a young bride of just eight months when World War II started, and Marshall was sent overseas for 3 years. It was terrible---and I was one of millions of young women who lost their husbands or sweethearts to WAR.All of our lives were Changed Forever....And when those we loved and cherished so much came home---life was never the same.....They did not know much about PTSD way back then. Adjusting to our new way of life was Very difficult.You girls have no understanding of all we went through---and I am so glad that you don't....Had I not had a GREAT FAITH IN GOD---we would not have made it.....and then Marshall died at 48. I was only 43 years old. That broke my heart----and PART OF ME DIED WITH HIM. I hope you can understand now. I Love You both very much. "
5 " STATEMENT OF FACT: Parents don't always know what is best for their children. "
