Thursday, September 4, 2008

Growing up in Romeo

We had a kitchen table in the kitchen, where we always sat down together for our meals. We had an assigned place at the table. In the winter when the nights were long, we would sit around the table and visit about what had happened through the day and what our plans were. Sometimes we would read stories or play table games. We had a fireplace and it was fun to have a fire there. Our heat was all wood and coal. Daddy and the boys would go to the mountains in the Summer to get wood. It would take them 2 days, with a team and wagon. We bought coal by the ton. We had a coal shed. We didn't have a pickup or a truck.

We often had friends stay with us. Nona and I spent a lot of time together. We would often go to family members and visit. Our life was good. The church was our life. That is where our friends and neighbors met and had church, mutual, parties and dances. We had a good life.

2 comments:

Kent said...

I still enjoy sitting around the table at your house and talking. We don't do enough of that to suit me.

As kids we often spent Sundays visiting family. I wish that we had family close to us so that we could still do that.

Larry said...

Our kitchen table is where we go to eat. We do not do much in the way of games any more, but when we do we get out the card table or better the new game table.


Bingham family, about 1936