Category Archives: My baby brother

Wistful Wednesday: 1958

Posted on March 27, 2013 by farside

I found an old Easter photograph.  My Mom must have taken this photo in the old farm house.  We are standing in the kitchen, the door to upstairs is behind us and the door to the living room is off … Continue reading →

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March 26 1954

Posted on March 26, 2013 by farside

March 26  1954 was a day that changed my world forever.  Life would never be the same again.  I was no longer the “only child” I wasn’t the baby anymore. My spot had been taken..just like that  things changed. The … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: My Baby Brother is a Grandpa!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by farside

This is an old grade school photo of my baby brother. Taken..maybe when he was in first grade in 1960-61.  That is a homemade shirt he is wearing.  He was very blond and pretty cute. Last weekend he became a … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: 1957

Posted on August 8, 2012 by farside

In the summer of 1957 we left the farm and went to live in Ray North Dakota where my Dad had a job with a construction company.  We stayed there all summer and into the fall. Back then Dad was … Continue reading →

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March 26, 2012

Posted on March 26, 2012 by farside

Fifty eight years ago my life as an spoiled rotten brat only child ended with the birth of my brother.  Oh I am sure it was a winter storm to end all storms and 50 below zero the day he … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: Christmas 1959

Posted on December 28, 2011 by farside

This is a Christmas photo that my Mom took in 1959. We are on the front porch of the farm house..I am not sure why the tree was out there all covered in tinsel and all. Perhaps this was the … Continue reading →

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Santa Lives In Oregon

Posted on December 18, 2011 by farside

“The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.” I knew the gifts were coming, my baby brother told me … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday : Summer of 1957

Posted on August 31, 2011 by farside

The summer of 1957.  I was 6 years old just about ready to start first grade and my baby brother was 3. Apparently I found some dandy’s  in the truck yard.  We are sitting on the steps that went into … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: 1957

Posted on May 25, 2011 by farside

Back in 1957 I was six years old, and my baby brother was three. There had been tough years on the farm in Minnesota, drought and grasshoppers..they were lean years. To this day I hate macaroni with homemade canned chunks … Continue reading →

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March 26, 2011

Posted on March 26, 2011 by farside

A brother shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.  ~Author Unknown   My Baby Brother 57 years ago today..I became a big sister.  The bossy big sister, the one that used to punch him in the arm until he winced..the one … Continue reading →

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