A few more golden memories

When I was young my mother kept my long dark hair in ringlets or braids. It was almost to my waist. When my grandfather would send me to the store he always sent enough money and would tell me I could have a quarter to spend. It felt like I was rich. Wilford Clarks store always had penny candy on the counter so I was able to buy alot, to me it seemed alot.
When I was in my last year of primary, we went on a Hobo Hike. We dressed in old clothes so we could look like hobos, we had a lunch in a bandanna tied to a stick. We walked to Georgetown, which is 5 miles south of town. We went swimming in a pond and then ate lunch. Then we hiked back home. Jim Clarke took pictures of us standing together with our teacher...Aunt Isme Henderson. I still have my picture and a list of the girls. The year I was born, there were 7 girls born and no boys. When we turned 8, those that had birthdays before summer would go south of town and be baptized in a pond. We would all be confirmed the next sunday.
When I was a teenager, my best friend and I went to the store and bought soda's. Beverly bought a coke and I bought a 7-up. We poured a little of the coke into a clear glass of 7-up and made it look like beer. I have a picture of me holding mine.
When I was 15 I had a curfew of 10pm. I would come home and since I slept out in an old trailer, I would wait until my father was asleep and then I would sneak out and go down town to meet the other kids. There were 4 girls and 4 boys and we went up to Merrills Ranch, up on the mountain by the old corral before Tropic. We stayed there until 1am. I never got caught but the other kids did. I dont know what kind of punishment they were given. After I left home and the year book came out, Beverly wrote in it about our wonderful night out. (Grandchildren, dont get any ideas) My boyfriend was Paul, whom I mentioned in the other blog...All these years later, about 50 years later, I still have my year book.
No one in this world has been more blessed and watched over as well as I was. You have a wonderful father/ grandfather that the Lord prepared just for me and kept me until we met. All I ever wanted in life was to be married to a good man and have children. I loved the kids I baby sat for so I knew I would love my own and now we are 55 strong and some of you are really strong in the gospel which makes me very proud of you, those that choose not to be in the church, my prayers are that someday you will understand what you are missing and come back so we can be an eternal family together. I love you all.