A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
AS HARD AS IT IS TO START, I HAVE TO DO IT. MY OLDEST BROTHER WILL BE 81 IN NOVEMBER AND I AM 79 THIS YEAR. THE SISTER JUST YOUNGER THAN I AM will be 77 in October.WHEN THEY (MY BROTHER AND SISTER) WERE VERY YOUNG, BOTH HAD WHITE HAIR. MY HAIR WAS A BROWN SO, OF COURSE, I HATED IT. THEIR HAIR WAS A LITTLE CURLY AND MINE WAS STRAIGHT AS A STRING.
NOW WE HAD A LITTLE SISTER THAT WAS A REDHEAD,- WELL MORE OF A CARROT COLOR,- SO OF COURSE WE TEASED HER AND, OF COURSE, IT PAID OFF. SHE CRIED, YELLED, STOMPED HER FEET AND RAN TO DAD. WE WERE IN TROUBLE AGAIN!
JOAN WAS SPOILED ROTTEN, BUT WE NEVER RESENTED HER WHICH WAS ODD, BECAUSE WE HAD TO LET HER WIN IN GAMES. AFTER A FEW YEARS SHE WON ANYWAY, MOSTLY OVER ME.
SHE DIED IN HER 50'S. THAT SEEMS SO YOUNG TO ME NOW. I GUESS YOU NEVER GET USED TO DEATH, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
NOW FOR THE YOUNGEST OF THE FAMILY. OUR LITTLE BROTHER WAS NAMED AFTER OUR WELFARE WORKER, MOTHER SAID, BECAUSE SHE WAS SO VERY KIND AND GOOD TO US; SO HE WAS JAMES CAMERON. HIS FIRST NAME WAS AFTER DAD, OF COURSE.
HE WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD WHEN WE LIVED BY A PARK. MOM MADE FLOWERS FOR THE OLDEST OF US TO SELL . MAYBE THE MATERIAL COST MORE THAN THE FLOWERS WERE WORTH SO THAT DIDN'T LAST LONG, THANK THE LORD. I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I WAS EMBARRASSED .
JAMES WAS A LITTLE THING THEN AND CUTE AS A BUTTON. ONE DAY WE WERE HAPPY WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT GO TO THE PARK, AND JAMES STARTED SINGING "GIVE ME BACK MY GREEN BACK DOLLAR." PEOPLE STARTED GIVING HIM MONEY, 'CAUSE HE WAS SO LITTLE AND SANG WELL, YOU KNOW, GOOD TONE, ETC. WELL WE WERE SO TICKLED THAT WE RAN HOME AND SHOWED MOM AND DAD THE MONEY!
THAT WAS MY FAMILY GROWING UP, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THAT HAPPENED TO US, NOT BY ANY MEANS. I'M TIRED SO I'LL LOOK FOR YOU AT MIZ MICKS PLACE.
see ya...
posted by Miz Micks @ 10:24 PM
1 Comments:
"JAMES WAS ...CUTE AS A BUTTON."
Still is!
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