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It is hard to be alone when you are sharing a 10 by 10 foot bedroom with two younger brothers. But I was often determined to try. Not that I disliked Gary and Charles, of course. We played together exceptionally well, sibling rivalries being something we watched others practice with quiet surprise. But they were…
For Ralphie in “A Christmas Story,” the Red Ryder Range Rover BB Gun with the compass in the stock was the best Christmas gift he ever received. For the record, I never received a BB gun of any type as a gift, and the only reason I ever owned one at all was a minor…
Or, Why my mother doesn’t drive a car My parents had a very traditional relationship. Dad was the bread-winner and decision-maker; Mom was the homemaker and the power behind the throne. Many people today would find their marriage unfair, but it was typical in our area, and they made it work better than most. Mom…
When Mom was a young girl, Grandpa Nelson worked at Dover Mill in Shelby. The family lived in one of the mill houses near the mill. She remembers that two of Nelson’s brothers also worked for the same owners, but not necessarily in the same mill. A little online searching reveals that the two owners…
I knew we were in for trouble as soon as Chuck said, “Wanna race?” He was my favorite cousin, but he didn’t get along with my best friend Brad. It was Brad he had just challenged. “Yeah,” was Brad’s only reply as he started pedaling his bicycle hard up the hill we had been slowly…
A cousin who shall be nameless keeps telling me I need to write up some family stories before the old ones kick off, me included. So, with apologies to my friends who won’t find these stories interesting, here’s my first installment. Mom has been made aware that she is the longest surviving member (two other…
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