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May 2005
My Great Grandmother
Monday, 30 May 2005 12:58 P GMT-06
When my younger sister C was born in 1952, my father’s mother and grandmother (Grandmother D) came to stay with us in New Mexico. It was the first time that Grandmother D had been out of the state of Texas. She was 82 years old. I don’t kno
Category: The Past
Wearing Glasses and Contacts
Friday, 27 May 2005 4:10 P GMT-06
In the 1950s people didn’t wear seat beats when in a car. So there were times when we were in the car, D and I would lean over the front seat of our green Pontiac. To pass the time, D and I would read the letters and numbers on the license plat
Category: The Past
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Life Outside
Thursday, 26 May 2005 7:57 P GMT-06
Our second house on Walker was a one-family house with a big side yard on the corner. Many summer evenings D and I would play outside with the neighbor kids. We played hide and seek in the dark, and it got scary at times. We hid around the hous
Category: The Past
Injury
Monday, 23 May 2005 3:47 P GMT-06
One day I was sitting at my desk cutting paper with my scissors. I dropped the scissors and they ended up on the right side of my desk. Since I am left-handed, I reached for them with my left hand. When the desk fell over, the middle finger of
Category: The Past
Something Sad
Sunday, 22 May 2005 1:42 P GMT-06
Last weekend I looked down at our toothbrush holder and saw something that was very sad. There was only one toothbrush instead of two. (My husband had traveled to Kansas for a funeral, and I was home by myself.)
Category: No Point Whatsoever
Grade School
Friday, 20 May 2005 12:00 A GMT-06
Back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, we didn’t have kindergarten, so my twin sister D and I started school in the first grade. The principal wanted to put us in two different classrooms, but we didn’t want to be separated. I guess they t
Category: The Past
Our First House on Walker Air Force Base
Wednesday, 18 May 2005 6:21 A GMT-06
The first place we lived was a two-story wooden barracks building renovated into four apartments. We lived in the bottom right apartment. Across the street was the base laundry. D and I would go to the back of the laundry to look for buttons on
Category: The Past
Men in Uniform
Monday, 16 May 2005 5:02 A GMT-06
I’ve loved men in uniform ever since I saw my dad in Air Force dress blues. He looked so handsome, slender, and clean-cut in that blue uniform with the saucer hat. My mom has a photo of him that I like very much. He is in his uniform standin
Category: The Past
Amy Made My Birthday EXTRA Special
Friday, 13 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Last week for the Karnival of Kidz I told a cute story about my daughter (Prochein Amy). This week I want to say something wonderful about her! Below is a letter that she wrote to me on my birthday in 1989. She was in high school. When you r
Category: Your Biggest Fan Karnival of Kidz
There are Some Places You Shouldn't Color
Friday, 13 May 2005 2:29 P GMT-06
Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, was my father’s first duty station in 1951. He went to New Mexico ahead the rest of the family to report for duty and to find a place for us to live. He wasn’t very successful, but my mom, my sister D, and I
Category: The Past
My Name is Donna
Wednesday, 11 May 2005 4:42 A GMT-06
I don’t remember the following, but my mother said this happened when D and I were around 2 years old: Whenever we played, D wanted to be called Donna, which is my name. D also told our parents that her name was Donna. They couldn’t figure
Category: The Past
Life in Rural Louisiana
Monday, 9 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
I have several other memories of our time in Louisiana. I remember walking barefoot down a dirt road with my twin sister D. The dirt was almost like fine sand; it felt so good on my feet. Our parents were walking behind us. Once D and I were r
Category: The Past
Karnival of Kidz
Saturday, 7 May 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
Since ProcheinAmy is hosting KOK this week, I thought I would write about her. When she was 4 years old, we went to visit her great grandma in the country. She was walking with her dad and younger brother to the mailbox, which was probably a half
Category: Your Biggest Fan Karnival of Kidz
Holding My Breath (which I don't remember because I was so young)
Friday, 6 May 2005 6:16 A GMT-06
The first time that I held my breath was at my aunt O’s house. I don't know why I got mad, but I did. My aunt O threw a cup of dirty water from washing pears in my face. I started breathing again. The second time we were visiting a neighbo
Category: The Past
First Few Years
Wednesday, 4 May 2005 4:56 A GMT-06
When my father got out of the Army Air Corps in early 1946, my parents moved to Kimble County, Texas. (He was stationed on the east coast for a short time after he came back from Europe.) They lived in a small house on the land of my grandparents
Category: The Past
Lottie Dean
Monday, 2 May 2005 6:16 A GMT-06
My triplet sister who died at birth was named Lottie Dean. The doctor arranged for my father’s mother (Grandma) and one of his sisters (my aunt O) to take Lottie Dean (in her metal casket) in a car to the cemetery. Someone called my father’s
Category: The Past