Tag: childhood
Recalling the haven of our youth
Judith Sutherland recalls the childhood games she played on the farm of her youth.
Will active shooter drills be a part of a generation’s memories...
Judith Sutherland reflects on how school shootings and active shooter drills have changed the comfortable atmosphere she recalls from her youth at school.
Reconnecting with old friends gives opportunities to re-live youth
Judith Sutherland recounts a recent visit with, Kathy, a neighbor girl from her earliest memories.
Remembering hand-me-down season
Alan Guebert recalls the pecking order in the hand-me-down cycle of his youth.
The joy of car rides to nowhere
Judith Sutherland recalls climbing into the back window well of the family sedan on car rides to nowhere during her youth.
Happiness found in many ways
Life on dairy farms in the 1970s proved to be a very good time indeed.
The Oregon Trail, video game style
Judith Sutherland recalls all the lessons her children and their friends learn from her living room playing The Oregon Trail on their old Mac.
Teachers make a huge impact
Judith Sutherland remembers her fourth-grade teacher, Mr. Zimmerman, whose positive influence has accompanied her throughout her life.
How did we even survive?
Retro children of the 1930s-1980s went out into the world sans helmets and knee pads. Kymberly Foster Seabolt offers some insight as to how they survived.
It was a cellar, school and racetrack
All these years later, Judith Sutherland can still recall all the games her and her sisters played in the old cellar of the farmhouse she grew up in.
