Oh BTW
Your profile page. You were in an orphanage at 8 til out of HS
The orphanage has a really nice website. Seemed to me almost a sanctuary - rather displaces the stereotype of cold & harsh.
From Orphanage to Marine! VN
You have a lot of interesting stories to tell and stories to share are always welcome
Thanks for noticing.
My sister was there 2 years longer...as far as i was concerned, it WAS cold and harsh.
A lot of nature no nurture.
It did save a lot of kids(including me and my sister) from the other hellish alternatives...
Great education.
In H.S. we went to school a half a day. The other half we learned a trade, then went back to school at night to do home work.
In grade school, corporal punishment was the law of the land. Silence was golden.
Things were done in a quasi-military manner.
It was a tad(not much) looser when we got to H.S.
We went to Mass every day. Some days(low or high holy days) twice a day. First Latin Mass then when Vatican II, English Mass.
Holy Week...we went to church and they locked the doors.(kidding) stations of the cross, adoration...you name it.
The orphanage closed in early-mid 70s. The grounds were sold and is now a Misericordia.
One of the grade school boys’ living cottage was turned into a restaurant.
Those of us still alive and can make it, have a lunch their the last weds. of every month.
P.S. I’m guy in the red shirt in the Star Trek photo. That was done in the early 90’s @ Universal Studios in Burbank Cal. They photoshopped me into the photo.
Everybody has a story or two...yours are and have been really fascinating\heartbreaking\wonderful...
thanks again