But . . . Elaine sought to provide her kids with the best opportunities they could have. She read lots of books about health and raising children. She was always looking for ways to encourage learning and growth. Every day the boys would come home to find juice waiting for them on the counter.
Many people remember Elaine trying to keep up with the boys.
Some remember her chasing the boys around the yard wielding a yardstick. Others remember her yelling at the boys to get down off the television antenna tower. Others remember watching them march down the street to church on Sunday. One day she was aghast that her sons had taken the red wagon to the cemetery and had returned with a bunch of flowers that they found there and brought home for mom. She had no idea who to return them to.