The Circle of Life

May God bless her and you, Elliot!

George

Great photo

Wow, that is very nice.  And she's able to enjoy your magazine feature at 97!  Remarkable.

- Mike

Elliot,

Very nice, now two great stories!

Al K. 

My foggy head tells me that Roseville is part of your layout Eliot.   Please tell your mother best wishes.    Mike CT.

Great story, and my best wishes for your mom.

That's great, Eliot. My best wishes to your Mom.

Jim

THanks Eliot!!  That is a wonderful picture and story! 

Very nice, these are the kind of posts we should have more of here.

Now THAT is a great story!  Thanks for sharing it with us, Eliot!

Send me a hi-res of that photo, Eliot.  I believe I may have a fine use for it.

Great story Eliot! Thanks for posting. Bless your Mom 

Andy

Eliot,

Wonderful article in OGR and an even better story about your Mom.

Brad

Lots of Mom's out there are responsible for our hobby. My Mom bought all my trains for a number of years at Christmas......Dad helped me build layouts and took me to hobby shops and Sears picking up extras.......but Mom often bought those sets that started it all.

Great photo....

What a great perspective!  My best to you and your mom.

Art

GOD BLESS your MOM, Her family, relatives and friends.

Ralph

Looks like she's enjoying the article, too! 

Nobody has to tell me how lucky I was to have a railfan mom. Looks like you won that lottery too. Have a great visit with her and take her to see some trains

--Becky

Nice story Eliot and the photo is "priceless"!  My best to you and your wonderful mother.

Steve, Lady and Tex

That's very nice.

Don

This is so nice! Moms sure are the best!

Beautiful!

Peter

All the very best to your Mom.  97 and reading OGR!  Wow!!!

David

Dear Rose, happy upcoming 97th!

What a terrific photo, Elliot. I hope you can show or otherwise read to her all the comments and well wishes from this "newfangled" medium as well. With that gift to you, she's managed to bless the entire toy train community. Great stuff.

That's an inspiration. Thanks Rose!

That really touched me, as I was thinking about my own mother, still going strong at 82. Many more birthdays ahead for your mother.

Is there any other hobby which could attract an age group which spans from 3-year old boys to 97 year old girls?

Nice story, Eliot.

It took me more than one hour to read all the e-mails and "Like" notices sent from all of our friends on the OGR Forum when I opened the computer tonight. Words cannot express how grateful we are to all of you. Over the last several years, whenever we would visit her, mom would ask, "Isn't it finished yet?" We would laugh and tell her she started it all so it is never going to end.

Mom has no idea that tomorrow I will read to her all of the posts here and the goodwill sent by all of you great folks. We thank you so much and are gratified to know there is such a wonderful community of people who care.

Eliot and Ginny

Excellent Eliot! That photo is priceless

That is such a wonderful photo...truly.  The great write up and photos of your beautiful layout in the latest OGR issue were a real treat, you have created a real gem that contains scenes that spark the imagination and stir the creative spirit. 

   To your wonderful mother I say Happy Birthday Rose!  See what you did...you created a passion that has burned for a lifetime and we now get to see and share in that passion with each and every story and wonderful photo.  

GREAT Stuff, Ellot!!

Best to your mother!

The BEST! 

Eliot....please give your mom our best wishes!!  As I look at her picture, I can see her eyes in your eyes...most certainly you two are mother and son....  Like you, my mother was the one that made sure the trains were under the tree each Christmas and dad built my first layout.  And like you, my mom at age 90 is now living near us in a nursing facility and to this day gets joy out of remembering those trains!!  We do love our moms don't we..

Alan

 Thanks for sharing,I'm sure your mother has been a blessing for you

Eliot,

What a beautiful story, and a beautiful mom. May God Bless her

Alex

Beautiful story Eliot. You are truly blessed.

Jay

Jay, Alex, Bob, Art, John, Chris, and all our friends,

All of you make this the greatest hobby In the world.

We hope to see you all at our Open House November 15.

Of course, mom's posters in Roseville will be on display.

Mom says, "Welcome to Roseville. Behave yourself, I'll be watching."

My mom is incredibly courageous.

When I grew up we lived across the street from Yankee Stadium and our Little League field was also across the street from Yankee Stadium. One day we showed up for a game and the gates were chained. The Yankees had bought the field to turn into a parking lot. My mother was very angry and led a picketing group outside the Yankee management office and this was picked up by CBS News and their big anchor Gabe Pressman. In 24 hours the NYC Mayor's office called my mother to come down and "meet" with them about it. They did not understand who was coming. My mother met with Mayor Lindsay and the Parks Commissioner (forgot his name). They offered her another field half mile away and my mother turned it down. She said to the Mayor, "You have long legs, you can get there in time. These are kids. We want Macombs Dam Park right across the street (the current site of Yankee Stadium)."

The next day, the Mayor's Office announced that our Little League would be playing its games at Macombs Dam Park.

You don't mess with Rose !

Eliot

She should throw out a first pitch at the new one. See, if she'd been in NYC there wouldn't have been such nonsense about a new stadium when the old one was just fine.

Never mind politicians. The great years of America were fueled by moms who took no guff from anyone.