Memories: A Collection of Stories of Family Life in the 30’s 40’s and 50’s

This is an attempt to bring to life some of the memories of joys, hardships, and lessons learned from life in the 1930s and 1940s in the great nation, the United States of America. With the Depression and World Wars I and II came a need for people to care for each other in order to survive and to save and rebuild families and communities.

Our family had extremely limited resources but extremely unlimited desires for a dignified lifestyle in the midst of those hardships.

Family and friends were one and the same when it came to caring for each other. How blessed we would all be if the lessons learned back then were applied to our day-by-day lives today.

Today, many neighbors are strangers to each other, and there seems to be a general disregard for the needs of others. Consequently, the government has been able to move in quickly to fill the gap at the expense of the dignity of the people of our great nation.

Freedom is not without struggle and strife for life, liberty, and dignity.

Thank you.