[or-roots] Depression Times / W.W.II

[kat1928 at integrity.com]

Quoting CARROLLOUC at aol.com:

> I hope those of you that are waxing nostalgic about growing up during
> the 
> Depression and WWII are also busy writing your story of those years.
> They will be 
> lost in another generation if you don't.
> 
> My great grandmother was born in VA in 1852 and died in Portland, OR in
> 1944 
> when I was 15. She used to tell us children stories of the Civil War and
> of 
> her life but no one wrote them down and they are now mainly forgotten. I
> only 
> remember one or two. What a loss this is to our family.
> 
> Some time ago, my then 12 year old granddaughter wanted to know what my
> 
> favorite TV program was when I was a girl. She was horrified when I told
> her we had 
> no TV, radio or telephone at  that time and she plaintively asked "but 
> Grandma, what did you dooooo?". 
> 
> I was born in 1929 and grew up in Portland and the suburb, Parkrose,
> during 
> two of the most important decades in the History of the U.S.. I have
> completed 
> my story of what it was like for me, what we children did for
> entertainment, 
> etc. I began with my birth and ended this first story at age 18 when I
> was 
> walking down the aisle to be married.  There is also a good deal of
> genealogy 
> involved in the story.
> 
> The second part of my life has mostly been written, up to about 8 years
> ago. 
> Eventually, it will be completed, with one of my children finishing the
> last 
> page for me. Then, hopefully, he or she will make it into a book for my
> 
> descendants as well. 
> 
> These stories are not about a great or famous person, but an ordinary 
> individual with her own story to tell and it will be a totally different
> story from 
> anyone else's story.  I sincerely hope that  my family will enjoy both
> books 
> and will know their mother, grandmother and great grandmother more fully
> than 
> they do now.
> 
> So, everyone, get cracking on those stories for your children and
> theirs.
> 
> Carroll (Cooper) Summers
> 
>  
> 
Yes, you are correct about documenting our stories.
I am working on mine, starting with my first recollections and working ahead.  
As with yours, the last pages to be finished by my children.

I had never thought about doing it until people, and my daughters kept telling 
me, "Mom, you have to write all these things down.  People nowadays have never 
heard of things like that."  Then a freind asked,"How far are you on your book?"

At least our families can enjoy our efforts.

God Bless You.

Dorothy Webb