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Originally Posted by katydid777
While living at this house, my oldest brother turned 17, and went into the army. He was stationed in germany, and while he was there Christmas time was coming around. He sent us all gifts. He sent my mom a german coocoo clock,and he sent us girls barbie dolls that the knees bent like joints. As far as i can remember that was the only one i ever had. I don't remember what he sent my dad, or my other brother. I use to take my blanket, or sheet, and tie it up into the springs on our bunk beds, so i would have like my very own private space, and comb my barbie's hair. That next year before Christmas my dad's father passed away, so my dad went to florida for his furneral. When he came back, my parents auctioned off everything we had, sold the house, bought a truck with a camper top, and bought a pull behind travle trailer. They put a mattress in the back of the truck, and packed up our cloths, and just a couple things my parents let us keep, put everything that was going with us in the trawler. We had a white wolf/ shepard that we had from the time i was 6, or 7 that my parrents gave away to a farm. Later in my life i found out that the so called friends that my parents gave him to, had him put down within a week after we left.  |
After loading everything up, the next morning we left for florida. All of us kids climbed in the back of the truck. The truck had 2 windows, one on each side that we could see out. My dad would drive until he got tired, and found a camping ground for us to stay the night at. We would have something to eat, then we were sent to bed, and start again in the morning. It took us 5 days to get to florida,from where we lived in wisconsin.We were very suprised when we crossed the florida line bc not long after that we didn't see any more snow, and after a few more hours we started seeing orange groves. When we got to the city that my grandmother lived in we stayed at another campground, so we could clean up, and look ok when we seen my grandmother that morning. My mother had a set of new cloths for each of us, but mine, and my younger sister had identical polyester floral jumpsuits. We stayed at my grandma's until my parents found a place. I noticed at my grandma's the camealions, the different types of fruit trees, and so many different things from what i knew up north. When we moved in the house my parents found, it also was different. The house had a florida room with jealousy windows, and prickly plants in the yard. My parents let one of there good friends stay in the florida room, but he was way to friendly with me, he molested me, and i think my parents might have known, but didn't care. We also had to go to church every sunday, witch i didn't mind. I liked church. I was able to get away from problems at home, and i learned about God, and Jesus. I was even given my own bible, that i took with me when ever i could. My brother, and other sisters called me names like Jesus freak, but i was use to feeling like the outcast, so it didn't bother me so bad. I still have that bible, dated 1977. Well that is enough memory for now, our next house was real bad for me, and i am seeing too much of it in my mind right now, and Christmas eve is tomorrow, and i don't want to think, and picture things to much this weekend, so this is all at least until after this weekend. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas weekend, stay safe, and God bless. Oh i may comment on other things, but i won't be doing any more on this blog for a couple days.
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