Big Boots

Early Childhood “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth-Let Israel say-they have oppressed me from my youth. The plowman has plowed...

Boots Too Big I was the second oldest of five girls. My baby picture shows I was probably an old soul. The definition is a person,...

A Boy, His Dog, and His .22 There are three Parts, each one the same yet different… Part One Dad was from an extremely dysfunctional...

Noxious Weed There are three parts to story, each distinctive yet under the same roof. Part One Mom was the oldest of six children, her...

A Blind Date Dad and Mom met on a blind date. He was on leave from the Navy and stationed in San Diego near, she worked at the post...

Five Little Girls and a Farm When our family moved to Roseburg we lived in a rental house until my parents bought a fifteen-acre farm. It...

Uncertain Ground I mentioned before I was six when our family was visiting mom’s parents in Stayton and something happened that changed...

Thin and Rich Our family had two aspirations, to be thin and rich. The quest to be thin has been a long journey for me. At the tender age...

A Very Bad Year In the early morning hours of August 7, 1959, the summer I turned twelve, a fire at Garretson’s Building Supply ignited a...

First Love The Roseburg church and the Grants Pass churches went to the same camp Myrtlewood together. A guy named Don, from Grants Pass,...

Mom and Art In the sixth grade our class was given an art project, the medium was watercolor and ink. I drew a palm tree, sand, and grass...

Hanging Out Grace was three years ahead of me in school. When she was in high school, I studied her class albums to see who was popular...

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas My best friend Connie was an only child, she and her parents lived in a trailer house; today they are called modular...

The Geek The summer I turned fifteen I was a nanny for my Aunt Bev. She’d just had a baby, her second boy and she wanted my help. I...

X-Rated Sex Education In high school, my friends and I asked our youth group leaders if they could give us their thoughts about sex...

Boys in a Car After babysitting and picking beans I got a real job, with a schedule and a regular paycheck. My friend Rayma told me she...

So Sorry to Say Goodbye Barry proposed to me the summer before I was a senior in high school. I was proud to wear my engagement ring but...

No Boyfriend for Me Even though it was my decision to break up with Barry it took time to heal. I felt lost and depressed. I had twice...

Partly Cloudy Skies When love is fresh, everything is possible and wonderful. Dave had a Sunbeam Alpine sports car. In cool weather, the...

A Wedding Gown for a Princess Dave and I had a good time getting to know each other better. We spent our evenings together and shared...