The first day of school, wow! How many of you thought you would be checking on Grandchildren now? We had our first day traditions, a picture of my kids all dressed for the day. My Mom met with Mrs. Hodgin for coffee even after John and I were grown. In fact, I think they only missed once. Mrs. Hodgin called me on the first day of school after Mom died.....it was sad. I suppose they had coffee yesterday and watched my grandson go to school.
Can you remember the smell of the Nifty Notebook, paste, chalk, new pencils and THE best thing of all.....a new lunch box!!?? I know we got shoes three times a year....school shoes, church shoes (winter shoes), and easter shoes....and hoped our feet didn't grow much in between times. One year Mom cut the toes out of my saddle oxfords cause they got too short. I think Hayes Sammons and Ben Franklins were the school supply places. If we got new clothes (not homemade) we went to Mission Dry Goods or Ben Sams (if we had the money) and we didn't need a ton of back to school supplies. Paper, notebook, pencil, satchel (to carry it in) crayons (which we probably had already). If we had a runny nose we brought our own kleenex or handerchief. Lunch money consisted of milk money and sometimes an extra dime for an ice cream. Bryan School had the best ice cream sandwiches! We had to take care of our school supplies, cause we used them again the next year. Remember how excited you were when you got to change the size of your notebook paper in Jr. High? Remember your first locker? (also in Jr. High)
The only free lunch anyone had was if someone brought an extra sandwich. We had recess and play time after lunch. After lunch we put our heads down on the desk to relax (while the teacher prepared for the next lesson). We didn't have a/c...lucky we had heat. We didn't have a/c until High School, well they said we did in Jr. High but it didn't work very well. Remember all the songs we learned in elementary school, especially the patriotic ones?
Things change. That's one thing we can count on. Sometimes change is good but these days I wonder. Has technology jumped us too far ahead? I miss recess, jungle gyms and playing red rover red rover with all my friends. Guess that's why they call 'em "the good old days".....you always remember the good.
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| The latest photo of my grandkids! Morgan & Caleb! |
