Let me say this, Lady Bird was a contemporary of my mother. They were born the same year and both grew up in Texas. Both attended college when it was certainly not the thing for a young woman to do. Both married in the late 1930's. Lady Bird and my mother both represented what was great, then, about strong women facing the world they faced. Both were genteel, Southern ladies who could probably stick a shiv in your back while smiling sweetly into your eyes if you needed that sticking.

My mother had me late in her life (she was 41) and she remained a charming and sweet Southern woman until she died at the age of 90.

One final remembrance....my mother and Lady Bird could have been twins, they looked so much alike. One time, about 9 or 10 years ago, she was on the evening news and I think Dan Rather was talking to her....my son who was about 6 or so then, came through the living room and stopped, looking at the tv and asked....What's grandma doing on tv? It was that close a resemblance.

Seeing Lady Bird as they talk about her life is bringing back all my memories of my mom.