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1. What would you like people to know about your mother? My mom was an angel on earth. She loved her family and gave everything to us. She was gentle but strong, and she was a believer. Mom was an amazing cook! She sang in the choir and was the church's secretary for a few years after she retired from the Post Office. She died of cancer much too young, at 65. I miss her. I still strive to be more like her.
2. What would you like people to know about your father? My dad also died too young from cancer, at 63. He was so much fun to spend time with!! My friends loved him. He loved to laugh, loved to joke around, loved his garden, loved his family fiercely, loved to fish, and liked movies on TV. It was so fun to stay up late and watch movies with him. He wasn't into sports but attended every home football game because his girls were in the band. I miss him too.
3. What was your childhood bedroom like? Dad painted it lavender for me. I had a double bed, a desk, a chest of drawers, and a vanity. My windows were above our lilac tree and the scent would waft in when I put the windows up in the springtime. I loved my room! I still love lilacs.
4. What was your favorite activity as a child? I wasn't "into" dolls so much. I was a tomboy and liked being outside, hiking in the woods, climbing trees, swimming, reading (Nancy Drew & Trixie Beldon), and ice skating on the lake in the winter. Growing up in a small town was the best way to grow up!
5. What was high school like for you? I loved school. I was in the band, on the yearbook staff, ran track, and went to homecoming dances and the proms. I got decent grades and liked my teachers.
6. Write about your cousins. My cousins were such an important part of my growing up years! Love them still.
7. What was your favorite food as a child? I have never been a picky eater and loved vegetables from the garden. We were cheese lovers and I still am.
8. What was your most memorable birthday? My 60th. I had a big open-house-style party to celebrate. It was lots of fun. I invited 60 people and 59 came.
9. What world events were significant to you as a child? President Kennedy was assassinated. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. The Beatles came to America. Woodstock!!
10. What did a typical day look like as a child? In the summers, out of the house after breakfast and back to the house in time for dinner. Elaine and I were usually walking the railroad track, hiking in the woods, making no-bake chocolate cookies, climbing a tree, or pretending we were Nancy Drew. During the school year, homework after school, as a teen I had to watch All My Children, One Life To Live, General Hospital, and Dark Shadows (all a half hour back then). I also helped get dinner started and babysat my brother and sisters until Mom and Dad got home from work.
12. Did you move as a child? Yes. We moved to a bigger house when my brother was born (I was 3), again when I was 10 (Dad got transferred) to a rental for a year, then to the house we lived in until I got married.
13. Who taught you to drive? My dad. No Driver's Ed was required back then. I passed my test on the first try.
14. Which job has been your favorite? Administrator at Polk Museum of Art. I was there 20+ years.
Silly me, but I just realized #11 and #15 were dropped somehow. #11 was about grandparents. I grew up with three sets of grandparents because my mom's folks were divorced when she was 11 years old. They all lived into their 80s and 90s and I loved them. Mom's mom was difficult and we will leave it at that. #15 was about the best part of my 30s and that would be meeting and marrying Joe!
15. What was the best part of your 30s?
I loved growing up in a small town too and have some of your same memories. Loved Nancy Drew...still do! Happy Sunday!
ReplyDeleteLoved getting to know more about your parents, Terri. What gems! And yes, they passed away much too early. Our childhoods sound so similar, too.
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Wonderful comments about your parents, and yes, they did die too young. Nancy Drew and Trixie Belton, now that's going back in time! I loved them both and at one time I think I had all of the Nancy Drew books. Hope you are enjoying a blessed Sunday.
ReplyDeleteGreat vignettes about your parents, Terri! My former husband always referred to my mother as an angel. Weren't we so blessed? In spite of all the dolls I was given, I had little use for them -- preferring to spend my time outdoors with the boys, doing 'boy' stuff. I remember being petrified at my driver's test b/c I'd never been asked to parallel park. Thankfully, I didn't have to do it then ... and all these years later, I still haven't!
ReplyDeleteWow! How did you not have to parallel park? I practiced and practiced. I still can do it but prefer to just pull in if pull-in is available!!
DeleteToo blessed to be stressed -- such a good statement. Oh, that everybody would embrace this!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat great answers! I loved this so much. You had a wonderful childhood, and that's why you are so wonderful now! I also had lavender in my room after my sister moved out. (We shared the room until then). I remember all the same big events that you did. Woodstock was the same weekend when John and I were getting married, I think, so I wasn't as into that then as the other things. But we loved hearing about it and seeing the films on it later. We just weren't really into the hippie movement at that time. I enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing.
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