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Childhood Memory 6/12/25
Childhood – I remember it like it was yesterday. We had already gone up for the night and were asleep a few days before Christmas. The year was 1959, I was three years old, my brother Larry had just turned 5, and my kid sister Nancy was 2 years old. My father had a debilitating… Continue reading
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Christmas and the Holiday Season in General 4/30/25
My childhood memories of growing up in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s are filled with excitement over the possibilities of obtaining that year’s most desired item. In preschool, I eagerly anticipated Popeye-related toys, as well as significant gifts like a new Flexible Flyer sled or a bicycle. Other years, it was ice skates or… Continue reading
