A day in infamy!!

My mother was three day's old her parent's were bringing her home from Spokane. The plan was to get home before dark and go over to the Great's. The plan's didn't work out, seems there was a little bit of a blizzard blowing wildly across the roadway drift's were as high as a car. The young couple was traveling in a newer Model T auto with no heater but a warm set of hand made quilt's sent along and a sack lunch for the way back. There was a half gallon of milk for the baby and a few changes of clothes just in case. The wind was cold and the side curtains in the car didn't stop the howling across the open country with little to slow it down. The journey took what seemed forever, there were a few stops to clear the snow out of the radiator and scrape the ice off the wind screen. the wiper wasn't keeping up with the amount of snow fall. When Edna saw the lights of Pasco she had Gramp's stop and get some warm water for tea and to warm up the bottle for the last 20 miles home. The baby, Sandy, was all warm and toasty despite the cold and wind and eating well. As they crossed the green bridge into Kennewick there were few light on in town being a Sunday most businesses were closed and no one was stirring not even a mouse. The back road over the plain and into our small town of Richland,the homeward stretch. When they got into the Great Grandparents house all the family was there glued to the Radio listening to a speech given by Franklin in his chat to the nation that would impact the whole of our family and those of our neighbors. The Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor and War was imminent. They sat that evening with a sip of brandy and gazing at the baby, the new addition to the family and wondered what will the world be like for this small child. 

 I remember the look and sound, the soft voice telling me about the day of December 7, 1941 when the Japanese bombed our country and the struggle just to get home with the newborn, But how happy those two parents were of the baby Sandra they now had. 

 Let us remember those brave men and women who on this day were lost and those who fought to save each other and defended our sovereign nation.