Where did you grow up and how has it affected you in life?

Thanks. I don't charge anything for the stories I create for children, it is enough to know I give them pleasure.:)
 

How green was my valley. Is the biggest load of crap ever made about mining.
 

I grew up in Mississippi. As you know, there were a lot of problems with race relations back in the 50's and 60's in the south. We certainly had our share in MS. But I was surrounded by good friends and brought up in a great family so life was pretty good back then for me. I was probably sheltered from most of the problems as I never saw any confrontations first hand.

As far as how all that has affected me during my life, not sure really. I think I get along fine with all kinds of people. But I think I would be pretty much the same even if I had been brought up in another part of the country. With the same family values of course.
 
Bullie76 said:
I grew up in Mississippi. As you know, there were a lot of problems with race relations back in the 50's and 60's in the south. We certainly had our share in MS. But I was surrounded by good friends and brought up in a great family so life was pretty good back then for me. I was probably sheltered from most of the problems as I never saw any confrontations first hand.


As far as how all that has affected me during my life, not sure really. I think I get along fine with all kinds of people. But I think I would be pretty much the same even if I had been brought up in another part of the country. With the same family values of course.
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Sounds like having lived through a racially charged situation and come out intact was due to your families doing more then anything. You're blessed to have emerged with an open attitude. And possibly though you don't see the influence living there had on you per se, it just might have contributed to your open mindedness as did the values you were taught.

It would have been pretty impossible to have grown up there at that time and been totally unaware of the differences between being white and being black meant in spite of not seeing any confrontations. It was so ingrained in the society in every respect.
 
lonelynorthwind said:
There's more truth that than you know, Gael. My family suffered a disaster when I was 8 and I was raised in foster homes from then on, separated from my 4 siblings and any other family. I was a "temporary" foster kid which meant one parent was living so I was not adoptable. The deal was, nobody was supposed to get attached...so they moved me at least every year but mostly more.
I learned to read people and immediately "fit in". I learned to give a day's work for a day's dollar. I learned if I wanted it, I had to make it myself and I learned how to take care of myself. I learned to leave it behind, stuff is just stuff. Unfortunately, I tend to do that with people too. I did not learn long-term relationships or to trust and I'm pretty bad at forgiving. I'm still workin' on that part.

Don't get me wrong, I've had a great childhood....through my grandkids.

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It's like you read my autobio, except for the foster thing. My mom was with us physically, she was absent otherwise. I didn't have kids because I both my younger bro and I figured we didn't want to chance them having to go through the same stuff. I'm glad you had some, wonderful, they are just beautiful lnw, Denise
 
Gael said:
Now this is a revelation from you, Justme! Wonderful to see this creative side of you!! :woohoo1:
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I hadn't read this yet but did this a.m. It was a good read, and my fave part was imagining spoodles sitting on the gerbel cage. You wonder what the gerbel must have been thinking;) I remember tweety bird and was it Jinx the cat? Anyway, an neat ole granny had the cat and the little yellow bird, it was a hoot;) The cat was always after the bird, and the bird always got the best of the cat, LOL!!

Good read again Justme, you have great writing ability:) Denise

PS I never in my life saw the name Amelie used anywhere but in my geneology. It was neat to see it:) I had a great-great grandmother name Amelie:)
 
nwlady said:
I hadn't read this yet but did this a.m. It was a good read, and my fave part was imagining spoodles sitting on the gerbel cage. You wonder what the gerbel must have been thinking;) I remember tweety bird and was it Jinx the cat? Anyway, an neat ole granny had the cat and the little yellow bird, it was a hoot;) The cat was always after the bird, and the bird always got the best of the cat, LOL!!

Good read again Justme, you have great writing ability:) Denise

PS I never in my life saw the name Amelie used anywhere but in my geneology. It was neat to see it:) I had a great-great grandmother name Amelie:)
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Thanks for the kind comments. I might put one or two more of my short stories in the hobbies section, it will save derailing this thread.

I like the name Amelie. My three girls have French names, reflecting my ancestry.
 
Justme said:
Thanks for the kind comments. I might put one or two more of my short stories in the hobbies section, it will save derailing this thread.

I like the name Amelie. My three girls have French names, reflecting my ancestry.
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I didn't know if it was french, thank you for the info. My family came and settled in Quebec, then moved to work for HBC (Hudson Bay). My Great, great, great I think??, LOL was Xavier Vautrin, what a name. My dad's side was from Whales though, and came to Ontario, CA.
 

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