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Momma Used a Switch

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Discipline was not a debatable issue when I was growing up. If it was a plausible consideration regardless of the situation it was administered without restraint, on the spot, no questions asked. The child had no voice in the matter. Now all parents didn’t necessarily adhere to the corporal punishment ideology, unfortunately for me mine did...

Learnin' to Ride a Bike

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Growing up in the ‘40’s and ‘50’s was a challenge for the whole family. I learned quite quickly that being the youngest of four children meant I didn’t always get what I ask for. I don’t mind telling you that a lot of things I claimed as mine back then were ‘hand me downs’ from my older brothers and sister...

That Sibling

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"There’s one in every family
The “snubbed” child who gets all of the attention
Doesn’t feel as “good” as their siblings
Not as smart..."

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Best Wishes,
LW

Driving With Daddy

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I usually had to ride in the back seat, between my two older brothers. I couldn’t see anything because they were at the windows. Of course dad was driving that old 1949 Pontiac. It was our first car and I was so proud of it. Not all our neighbors had a car moving from the late ‘40’s into the early ‘50’s. Even though I was the youngest, I feel that I was the most proud of our car and it showed as I scrubbed those white-walled tires each Saturday as we washed the car. I had my own scrub brush and a bucket of warm soapy water. It was my job to get those side walls as clean as possible.

The Old Chicken House

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There was just one acre of land. Not really enough to support cattle, but it was large enough to support a couple hogs and some chickens plus a family of six in a four-room house. Yea, it was almost a mile outside of town, but the city limits were sure to move and incorporate the home and property in a couple of years. “We better take it,” my folks said and they committed themselves to a new home for themselves and their four children.