Saturday, April 3, 2010

Easter 1946 and 1947

This was my first Easter 1946---my dad (LeRoy Long) had just come home for World War II. This was taken in Tower Grove Park where most of our Easter photos were made.
My mother wrote the above on a photo, but I'm not sure whom she gave it to since both sets of grandparents lived near Tower Grove Park.
My cousin Bob and I are sitting on the front steps of our Grandparents Long's flat on Flad Ave. in 1947.
Since they also lived near Tower Grove Park these photos were also taken there.
I'm in the foreground with Bob and my dad behind. This must have been before Long Easter Egg Hunts since I seem quite happy with my stuffed animal---bunny?

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.