As her pregnancy progressed, the problems became more pronounced. As my appearance date became more of a reality, Mom had to make a decision. If certain problems arose, they had a very difficult decision to make. If it became a matter of one life or the other, which to save. My Mom made her decision, save the baby. Fortunately, the decision did not have to be made. What a difficult decision, however, to make.
I really only spent about twenty years with my Mother, one fourth of my life, just not enough. I never had enough time to "appreciate" her, she was just my Mom. When Dad took the car keys away from me, she got them back. She "covered" and got me out of more "scrapes" than I was ever aware of. I took her for granted, she was, just my Mom.
In Michigan one Summer, on vacation, my brother had a few friends with him, one morning, she got carried away with pancake batter, made way too much. A fact my Father kept bringing up, made a real issue of it, which he had a tendency to do. She let everyone, but Dad, know, eat pancakes, all of them. The boys in attendance all loved Jessie, they ate them all.
She must have possessed every quality demanded to be a Doctors Wife. She lived at home, Dad lived in his office and the hospital, or a basketball game or a football game, but I never heard them quarrel. Mom held the baby while the Rabbi did the circumcision, and Dad observed. As the friends, relatives and overflow came into our living room waiting to see Doctor Dooley, Mom served as hostess.
She loved nothing more than holidays and any occasion when the family got together, and she could cook for us all. I never heard her complain. She loved to have a good time, she loved her family and her relatives, she loved family.
Jessie Maud Shannon Dooley. Once, she said a "dirty" word. After Dad retired he went to work for Blue Cross. He had an assistant who often drove to meetings with Dad. On one occasion, Warner was driving, Mom was sitting in the back ......... "There are fewer "bastards" on the road when Warner drives." That was Jessie
