The Hulse Haven

My mother was an interesting lady. She was slightly theatrical and liked to dress in fancy clothes. When she was my room mother at school, she would come looking very elegant. She had a fur coat made of sheared beaver and it was so soft. We spent lots of time running our hands over it. When she brought treats to school, she looked so classy that I couldn't help but be proud of her. She believed in spanking and it was a great deterrant to misbehaving. It was more embarassing than painful. She did work hard though. She canned fruit for my father's clinic hospital and ironed sheets on a mangle for the hospital and she also gave anesthetics for the surgeries that my father did. One thing she did for me and not for my sisters was she took me horseback riding. We would ride together on the rural roads around the farm where she rented the two horses. I was so happy when we did this. I'll write more later.