MEMORIES OF LONG AGO

When Fio was a little girl in Ohio, then Waco, Texas, she usually walked to school, sometimes with a friend, but more likely alone. There were few women who could drive back then, and any cars in the family were reserved for the man of the family (the breadwinner). Your girl was lucky enough to have a neighbor down the street who was just a grade younger  than than she was and whose mother was kind enough to offer her a morning ride. (God bless Eve Paule.)

Junior High was easier because her school was only about five blocks (Fly-Taff) from school--close enough that your girl could run home during lunch and finish off forgotten assignments And avoid the clicks that were forming in preparation for high school.

Finally the war was over and the clicks were forming. A fair number of boys and a few of the girls had been presented with cars. Fiorella was not one of them, but she did take the the school sponsored driving course offered during the summer by one of the teachers.  

Now was the time to get ready for college, but her family had one just one car, so she was back at the beginning again. Luckily, her college roommate, Marianne, introduced Fio to a friend of her boyfriend and he and Fiorella clicked. In fact, they married two years into college and, after finishing their classes, they had three sweet children.

Fiorella wonder what their memories will be like.......