anticipation!!!!!!

Eagerly awaiting the birth of my newest granddaughter, brought back (for some unknown reason), memories of my paternal grandmother (Alice Louise Candler Hines), sharing some remembrances of her life with babies. She shared with me a time when my grandpa was in the "great war" (WWI) and she was alone with 3 children. My grandparents were British and they lived near the water. Grandma said there was no running water near the house, so she had to go down to the river(?) to bring water for all their needs into the house. It also seemed that she was warned that the ememy might access that area to infiltrate . I cannot imagine what fear that must have implanted into this mother's heart. Alone with 3 little ones, one a babe in arms. I remember my grandmother always being this calm, stoic woman. Looking back, was that where she developed this trait or was she always that way.? She said, nappies(diapers) became a huge problem,due to the water factor. Therefore, only those soiled nappies were washed, the wet ones were just strung indoors to dry. Many years later, I also had diapers to wash, but, I had a Washing machine and hot indoor water. What a great invention disposable diapers are!!

celebrations

Since today would have been Bill's and my 47th wedding anniversary, I've decided to write about us.I first met my future husband an evening shortly before Christmas, 1957. I was coming home from an annoying blind date with an Annapolis cadet (home for Christmas leave), who thought he was the most amazing male ever. NOT. . I walked in the front door of our home in Cherry Point MCAS and Roger, my Marine brother and this Marine buddy of his turned around to greet me. Roger and Bill had just returned from Air Traffic Control School in Kansas . Roger had orders for Cherry Point and Bill was to be stationed at New River MCAS in N.C. Roger introduced Bill to me. He didn't impress me in any particular way. This might have been flavored by that evening's dating experience. I had just turned 18 in October. Bill was 21 that July. After awhile we started casual dating, movies, dinner and such ,but, nothing serious. When Roger noticed that our dates were becoming more frequent, he warned me that Bill had a reputation. Since I had no intention of anything developing from our acquaintance,this didn't bother me. My brother as always was just being protective. Plus, Bill was almost engaged to someone in Kansas, so he said. More on this later!

explanations

I feel I need to explain what I am planning to do with my blog. My life at the moment is most uneventual. Therefore, I am planning to write, in no chronological order, about my life memories. It seems that I am the keeper of the family memories. This is due to the fact that Mom, Dad, both my brothers, all my aunts and uncles on both sides are no longer living. This also means that no one is around to dispute my recollections. How advantageous for me. Were any of them still here, they might see things differently, because, all of us do view events with our own perception.
I still reserve the right to also include from time to time , ruminations about my extraordinary children and grandchildren. Until next time!!

A new year - A new resolution to blog more....

I guess I only have to do it twice to keep my resolution!