One time it came a really big snow, and Daddy walked ahead of us dragging the chopping axe up the fence row to make a trail for little feet to follow. He never even considered hitching up the wagon and driving us....Those horses were all he had to depend on to make his living on the farm...and kids were supposed to be tough...At that same place we walked up the fence row one morning ...just me and Joyce, guess Robert went on ahead. When we got to the place we had to get out in the mud and cross the dirt road we got stuck! Sis managed to reach a paling off the fence and finally pried us out and we got across....Scary stuff for a little skinny girl...We didn't have umbrellas, rain coats, or proper winter boots....When it rained we wore old coats...What doesn't kill you will make you tough....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:55:29 -0600 Viola Seward <lolav@arvig.net> writes: > I can remember we always had to walk to school when we lived in the > country. Some places not to far to walk but two places it was a > little > over a mile. But our only form of transportation was walking so it > never > bothered us. But one place we lived we only had to walk maybe three > > quarters of a mile. But we got early snow so no snow shoe's and we > did > not get them till dad's va check came ca 5 to 8 days later. But dad > > always made sure we did not get cold he wrapped our feet in gunny > sacks. > Some laughed at us while others thought it was pretty good thinking. > So > no matter the era people laughed and others found good out of it > because > i used to get hurt so easy and as i got bigger i got meaner. > Viola. > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210