At Papa’s request the missionaries did call. I would say I am not interested and hang up. I don’t have a clue how many times that happened. I did not even feel bad about it. But Papa did. He and I fought over it. Then one morning they called just as he got in from […]

I was enjoying motherhood! I was possessive of my son and would not allow anyone to interfere with how I wanted him raised. As a result I often hurt my mother, sisters and mother in law. For that I am sorry but maybe not enough – if I had to do it over again I […]

Over our lives the 4 of us have not always gotten along. I have shared rooms with each of my brothers for different amounts of time. We have fought of who took my CDs and how much of the room was who’s. we have fought over who made the mess and who is responsible for […]

When Billy was an infant I had a very large brandy snifter next to the bed that had a fish or two in it. Billy was fascinated with it and I often asked him if he saw the fishy. Before lone he was saying fishy or fish. Before he was able to roll over or […]

We wanted to live nearer to Pine Grove the drive was a pain. Daddy asked us if we wanted to buy the Scheib home in Tremont. I was so excited! My grandfather built the home with the help of my Dad. It had 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and a room that could be a dining […]

Something that I look forward to when the boys grow up is Christmas morning. When we were little and up until I moved out of the house, Christmas morning was about stockings and breakfast and the air was filled with cooking Turkey!!! I loved to get my stocking and rummage through it and snack until […]