single parenthood

I do believe that I am 17 or 18 in this photo. Standing next to me is my best bubby, Rita. We have had many good times together. We were getting ready to go and party with two of our friends.

The house in the background is the one I grew up in. It is a small three bedroom rambler with one, mind you one bathroom. My parents raised four kids in that house and I look at the homes we all have today and wonder how we all survived. Eventually they put a bathroom and shower down in the basement but life was still crappped.

My dad and his wife still live in that house today. It seems even smaller when you put just one extra family in there.

In Hoyt Lakes, most of the houses were like this one. The mine owned all the land and they built the houses. There were only 6 different flan plans to chose from and the big houses, with the upstairs, went to the administration. For many years, only people who worked in the mine where allowed to buy houses in town. Once they opened it up to everyone, my parents purchased this home. They moved in 1963.

Have a great day all!!