Rearview Mirror: Mothers’ indelible lessons nourish us throughout life

1/5 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY LILLIAN LEE Florence Fong, above in the back row, second from left, had to drop out of school to help her father make okolehao. She got her GED certificate decades later. 2/5 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY DEVERA RITA CHUN Devera Rita Chun, right, with her mom, Marion, who had nonnegotiable rules. 3/5 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY JERRY TAKESONO Jerry Takesono’s mom, Elaine, changed the course of their family history. 4/5 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY MARIAN YEE Mabel Yee told her children if they disobeyed, she would slap their heads and make them spin around three times, like in cartoons. 5/5 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY WAYNE SHIOHIRA Four-foot, 9-inch tall Shizue Shiohira became a head waitress at Like Like Drive Inn.