dancing queen...

Today would have been my mom's 69th birthday. Missing her consumes me on days like today. She was my best friend, my favorite person I've ever met, and my dancing queen. My mom loved to party. She was usually the life of any party. When I talk about her with people who knew her, like family and her friends, they all say the same thing, "Pat loved to have fun!" One of my Uncle Alan's memories of her was back in the day they all went out dancing one night... He just remembers her kicking up her heels on the dance floor. Literally. He says she was dancing with such gusto she "kicked" a picture right off the wall of the club. Hee.

And, one my memories of her was during the summer of 1992, one of my girlfriends, Tina, and I were sitting around the house moping over lost boyfriends, and my mom was like, "Get over yourselves girls, we're going out." So, the 3 of us took off to a local bar (read: dump) and proceeded to party the night away. They didn't have a band or anything, just a jukebox and let me tell you, I played enough quarters that night to fund a small third world country. Upon hearing her all time favorite song, "You Dropped the Bomb on Me," by the GAP Band, my mom ran to the dance floor while dragging Tina and I out there with her. There we were, 3 sad sacks, dancing the night away when all of a sudden my mom froze with a look of horror on her face. Crack. There went her hip, right out of it's socket. The party ended right then and there and for her remaing years, her hip was never the same. She threw out her hip while dancing to the GAP Band at Duffers. Gotta love that. And I did, and I loved her too.

Here is a picture of my mom on or around her 32nd Birthday (1970 ish) dancing with a family friend in our living room. This is one of my all time favorite snapshots of her, as it just completely shows her persona. This is Pat Spear in all her glory; Tan, fresh, tipsy, stylin', dancing.

 

"I miss you mom, more than words can say..."

Comments

[Steph]

Awesome picture! I think that women are at their most gorgeous in their thirties. Your mom looks like she was really, really something. Thank you for sharing your memories of her with us.

[karen]

what a tribute to ANY woman: "Tan, fresh, tipsy, stylin', dancing."

I think I would have LOVED your mom. Thanks for sharing her with us.