My Mother

My mother was born Margorie Emma Amelia McCreight in Pratt, Manitoba, Canada on 14 June 1925 to James Franklin McCreight and Jenny Henry. She married my father, Ross Graves, then known as Jack on 8 January 1944. After their marriage, she went to live with her in-laws in Calgary, Alberta, Canada while he went overseas to fight in WWII. I remember her telling me how she had to give up her freedom when she was a border in the Graves’ home. She was no longer able to do the things she did as a single woman, like go dancing or to the movies with her friends.

She was in a new town where she didn’t know anyone and her husband was not around for company. When she met my father she was a young woman on her own, working in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The young men going into service during WWII wanted to have someone waiting for them back home. My mother admitted her mixed emotions about marrying a soldier she barely knew. When he left she was working in Winnipeg. Mom and Pop invited her to move to Calgary and stay with them. Her boss said, “Calgary is just a little cow town. Why not stay in Winnipeg until your husband returns.”

Kabalarian Philosophy

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My father apparently still had dreams of leaving or getting out of responsibility because he sold his grocery store in 1948. The business was failing and he carried account customers that were lax in paying. Safeway built a store 5 blocks away. Their prices undercut small family stores. My father bought an old, drafty house in the same neighborhood. He worked for three days at Burns Meat Packing Company. He then got a job on a railroad and we stayed one year in the new house.

During this time, my parents joined the Kabalarian Philosophy. They thought a new way of looking at themselves and their lifestyle might save their marriage. The philosophy emphasized responsibility for one’s mistakes. It taught the concept of harmonizing one's name and birth date through numerology. It also was diet-centered and warned against the consumption of meat.²

In the philosophy each letter of the alphabetic has a numeric value. In the following chart, press the letters that spell out your name: The meaning of that number is on the chart to you right.