💕 who raised your mom? My dad’s dad died when he was 8, but his mom dropped off at her parent’s farm, and just came to visit occasionally.
My mom was raised by her aunt and uncle, her dad’s sister.
Her older sister went with her and her dad kept the 2 boys, lived just across the street.
Her cousins were much older and only one wasn’t married and out of the house.
My mom’s aunt was already gray haired, I’m thinking in her late 40’s early 50’s.
She had no patience for young children.
Remember the children are to be seen and not heard?
My mom was a very active child and was ALWAYS in trouble with her aunt.
They said she had “St. Vitus Dance!” Couldn’t sit still.
Sydenham’s chorea, also known as chorea minor and historically and occasionally referred to as St Vitus’ dance, is a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet. Sydenham’s chorea is an autoimmune disease that results from childhood infection with Group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus. It is reported to occur in 20–30% of people with acute rheumatic fever and is one of the major criteria for it, although it sometimes occurs in isolation. The disease occurs typically a few weeks, but up to 6 months, after the acute infection, which may have been a simple sore throat.
She didn’t have Sydemham’s chorea, just very active.