More as promised.....

I got down to Teresa and told you about her and now comes Gerry or (Thomas Gerald, as he was named). Gerry was born in a little small town between Everett and Seattle, Washington. He was another happy-go-lucky kid and was a pleasure to be around!!! Seemed like he never got into trouble, (like Bob) and so it goes. We moved back to the big farm in Wawawai, Wa. (where I was born) and then along came Don. He was also a pretty good kid, (or maybe by this time I was just getting old enough to know that they were just little kids!) I will go more into detail at a later date and tell a few "stories" about each one of us!!!! Yes, me too! Eleven months later and by this time the Great Depression had started and Barbara was born!!! She also was a very cute baby and a pretty happy one. She was small in stature growing up but I guess she eventually got to the rest of us! We lost the farms, two of them to the Depression and so moved to Coeur d' Alene, Idaho where my Aunt Jo and Grandpa Rabideau had a small house but also Dad could find work with the W.P.A. and so at least feed us and clothe us!! Then along came my brother Joe. Joe wasn't much of a rebel either and a year or so later David was born! He is the youngest of the family. He was always a friendly, easy going sort of youngster. And there you have it!!!! Mother didn't have any more babies after him. She was getting up there in age and all too!!!! But we pretty much got along together!How I'll never tell you!!! But life was much slower and calmer in those days and one felt safer! It was nothing for my sister Genevieve and I to go to the movies alone about every other night, ((when we were teens!) We went to every change in programs in town and we had three movie houses!!!! We walked the mile or so to get there and were never afraid! (Or almost never! But that's another story!) Oh yes! the movies cost a quarter at the best theater and 1o cents at the cheapest and that one had all the Westerns! Tom Mix, etc. Fun! Fun! You'll have to read the blog before this one to get them all in order. I should have started with the youngest and end up with me! Oh well!!!!

A few more thoughts...

I was thinking in the night how families, though different, are still family. Take my Mother and Father's family. There were ten of us children, ( I am the oldest!) I have through the years watched them and their likes, dislikes, and whatever! I guess I'd better start with myself. I was spoiled no end by everybody, parents, grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, etc. I guess you could call me a "rebel". I had a mind of my own and even though I grew up as a pretty nowmal child, I still had a rebelious nature, or wanted my own "way" and usually got it!!! When my sister Genevieve came along, we had fun together as children but she grew up with a calmer, easier tempered nature. My brother Bob came along and he was adored by everybody!!! But he was not a "leader" either! He, even as a child, pretty much did whatever anyone told him to do and agreeably!!! He was like that all his life!!!! He was very neat, clean, and went about his own business of just "getting along!! Then came my brother Laurence. He was another "rebel"! I think that is why we fought so much, we were two "peas in a pod"! Nobody could tell him what to do!!! But I will go more into details later about some of my siblings doings! My sister Teresa was born, after two boys, so even though she was very sweet and sunny, (always!) she still was very tomboyish and tried to do everything her brothers did, (climb trees, etc .) I've gone halfway with the family and so will stop and get on later, maybe even later today! There is a lot to "tell" on my family!!!!