We moved into our first house on Christmas Eve in 1965 and we were so excited to be there even though there were boxes everywhere. A couple of 22-year kids with a place of our own, with a 25-year mortgage. There was no Christmas Tree that year but being in […]
Monthly Archives: August 2022
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On our first vacation as a married couple, Eva and I went to Colorado and visited many different sights. Eva was so excited to see so many new places and we had a great time together. Over the years, we were fortunate to be able to take family trips to […]
I am so filled with the joy of knowing that more children are getting a chance to experience learning in an environment like we had during the 1950s. I remember the 1960s when liberals became anti-war and drug users, hiding in college and attacking everything that made America Great. Too […]
When Eva and I got married, she told me that she had never been on any real family vacations before. She told me about going to California via bus when her older sister had her first child. She told me a few things about the bus ride and how long […]
As a young married couple, Eva and I wanted our own home as soon as we could afford one. We had very little of anything of value when we got married because our engagement was a very short 35 days. We got engaged on Valentine’s Day 1964, but we did […]
The year was 1959, Loretta Dennison lived in the house behind ours for a few years. She went to the Assumption Catholic School so we only saw her here in the neighborhood. I was talking to her one day and the subject of dancing came up and how much […]
It was during the fall of 1958, around Halloween, and our family was visiting my Dad’s younger sister’s family in Waco. My cousin, Donald Wayne, was my age, but we did not get to see each other very often due to living so far apart. Donald was a big sports […]
It was June 1981 and the Youth Group from Jersey Village Baptist was going to Glorieta for the week. Tammy was old enough, but Jennifer needed to be one year older to make the trip. The kids had taken various jobs to earn money to help pay their way, and […]
I cannot remember what month it was, but it must have been during 1965 when the Johnson Space Center (JSC) went dark. My first day working at JSC was Tuesday, June 2, 1964, and I was working in Building 12. I was taken to the main Administration building to complete […]
Most of you do not know that I have been helping a friend get her Blog up and sharing her thoughts with her friends. Janice Crandall has a Blog “WordsForWidows.com” that focuses on experiences after the loss of a husband that many widows face. One of Janice’s friends shared a […]