Biz editor says thanks to mother

Budd McLaughlin, the business editor of the Huntsville Times, changes topics for his readers in his regular Saturday column.

McLaughlin writes, “Instead of writing about small businesses, local entrepreneurs or help for the small business owners, this is going to be a salute of sorts to a woman who managed a business, also known as a household, for about 60 years.

“In honor of Mother’s Day, this one’s for my mom.

“Also, this is my first Motherless Day, as well, since she died in January at the age of 80. She would have been 81 on March 19.

“Like a lot of moms in the 1960-70s, she stayed at home while my dad worked at the local DuPont plant – sometimes pulling a “double.”

“She was there in the morning for breakfast and there when we came home from school.

“And, of course, she was there to tell us to get out of the house and play – be it on our bikes, backyard, across the street or down the corner for some football/baseball (depending on the season.)”

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