MAKING MOVES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY - GROWING UP
MAKING MOVES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN MY EARLY YEARS. 1933 - 1944 WERE THE YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY FOR MANY. Here I am at age 12, with Diane my sister, and Aunt Patricia who was happy to see us. Pat was 18 then, and very much "like a sister" to me. She babysat me a lot. This photo shows me at my Grampa's and Gramma's cabin at the lake in Cheshire MA. I loved this place. Only went there about five or six times, but it was a highlight for me to go there. Peace, tranquility, lots of love shared, family coming and going, and love and laughter. I do not remember any fighting or arguments in the family when we visited. Never a word of criticism for my parents, and never heard anyone out of sorts. strange. That was not what I found in the places we were in from time to time. We moved and moved and moved. Dad worked in construction ...