Getting It All Done

After John and I married, and Mary Ann was born, I was swamped with housework and the needs of Carolyn and Jim. We hired a series of "maids" who were black.
Imogene was the last, I think. She came by bus and went to the back door the first time she came. I told her to come to the front next. I think she came three times a week.
When Mary Ann took her morning nap, I could go to the grocery or do some of the millions of things necessary for running our home. I was a Den mother for Jim's scouts, a Camp Fire leader for Carolyn, and the mother of a small child. I tried hard to be a good mother to each child.