Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Aunt Minnie always knew
The Washington Times ^ | 9/10/2001 | Suzanne Fields

Posted on 09/10/2001 11:05:57 PM PDT by Utah Girl

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Aunt Minnie is dead, at 91. She had an old-fashioned name and lived an old-fashioned life. It already reads like ancient history.

Aunt Minnie was the youngest daughter in a family of eight children. She met her sweetheart at 14, married him at 16 and bore him two children before she was 20. She was a grandmother at 40. Three adult grandchildren and several great grandchildren stood at her graveside to evoke her spirit hovering over the family.


(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS:
I'm the oldest of ten children. My parents love us dearly, but we all know that my mom is first in the heart of my dad, and my dad is first in the heart of my mom. We could never play them off of each other either (darn!)
1 posted on 09/10/2001 11:05:57 PM PDT by Utah Girl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Utah Girl
And they did it all withou federal programs.
2 posted on 09/10/2001 11:18:02 PM PDT by RLK
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RLK
You bet they did. We were brought up to be self-reliant. If I have a need to that I can't meet, I go to my family, then my church. I'll die before I go to the governmet.
3 posted on 09/10/2001 11:24:31 PM PDT by Utah Girl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Utah Girl
Thank you.
4 posted on 09/10/2001 11:25:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson