Tag: Stories

One year all eight of us kids were so bad that year that Dad decided to punish us. Since he’d already hidden all…

Imagine you are a preschooler and your prize is a quiz in a box of Cracker Jacks! Yes, it happened to me. I…

Wow, we had gone back to Hyden, Kentucky  and I was about 8 years old. There was this old family store and I…

When we were small, our house burned down. Years later we returned and I found my spinning top! Only slightly burned…

What memories! This one involves giving birth to a baby in my most difficult times of my life. My father was killed when…

Remember when? I do! I remember a white room. Everyone was dressed in white. Although I could not see clearly, I remember. I…

Wow, I remember when Barbara Ann was born. What a day! We were taken to the hospital but because mom had so many…

It was around 1958 and I was about three at the time. We lived in Eastern Kentucky, I believe it was Hyden. One…

Christmas, 1969! It was around Christmas time and the winter was really bad that year. The snow had but almost snowed us in….

Ever heard of that place? My Dad worked there  and it was about 23 gates long on Highway 62, between Charlestown and Jeffersonville,…