My birthday is coming up, Thursday the 25th, and I realize I don't know a lot about my birth. I searched for newspaper headlines and they were all about the war. Yes, I knew we were newly at war. Pearl Harbor was bombed the December before and the US entered World War II. And it is fairly easy to learn about what was going on in the country and the world when I was born. It's not so easy to learn about what was going on in my family.
My parents had a rocky marriage, probably from the very start. My brother would have been about five years old when I was born. And the little family had struggled through the depression. I recall my mom talking about buying eggs one at a time when she had the money because she wanted him to have an egg a day, but couldn't always.
I know I was a very chubby newborn with dimples everywhere. Everyone thought I was adorable. But I will need to do some research to discover what my family was like back then.
How much do you know about your birth? Willing to share?
I tried to find the weather for the day I was born. I looked at several sites online but I was born too long ago! The data only went back to 1945. Feeling old.
ReplyDeleteLow of 23, high of 33. There was probably a fair bit of tension as radio stations would be reporting the Battle of Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSBUy3OGTEs
DeleteTHANK YOU! I couldn't find it. No wonder I don't like cold weather!!!!
DeleteI know a few things about my birth. I was late, and big, and there was a football game on *laugh*
ReplyDeleteTwo weeks past due. 9 lbs. 11 oz. And your dad and the doctor watched a ballgame waiting for my labor to start. The doctor said he'd come in and break my water at half time! So glad I didn't inconvenience him.
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