a little place for random posts that interest us
Yesterday, I was taking Little Man to the store with me and we saw a produce truck. It reminded me of a faint memory of a fruit stand. When I was around the age of 8, Mimi & Papa took us to Munich, Germany to show us where she lived when her dad [Grandpa Scheib] […]
I was due the next morning to have Bobby. Papa was working night shift. I asked aunt D to come stay with me. She said no way because you are due to have your baby. I reminded her that Billy did not come for two weeks after his due date. Then I told her no […]
When I was 13 I had a boyfriend named Jose. Jose and his friend smoked all the time. My friend Nancy and I started to smoke when we started to be their girlfriends. One day Nancy and I were in her bathroom with the fan on and the window open having a cigarette when I […]
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 […]