Hey! Woodena said she’s happy to hear from you! She does remember you but not as much as she remembers Vickie and Martha. She says that she remembers visiting you all when you lived in a big house and raised rabbits but she doesn’t remember what part of Ohio it was.
I would contribute to the history but I really don’t know that much about it. Woodena remembers the names of Goldie’s sisters and brothers but don’t know when they were born, birthdates, or anything like that. She knows most of the names of their children but that’s all. So we don’t know too much history!
Woodena said how old are you if you don’t mind us asking? She is getting ready to turn 55 soon. She had both knees replaced so it’s hard for her to get around much. She said that she hated hearing about Goldie passing away. She said Goldie was one of her favorite aunts because she always told such funny stories when she visited Woodie.
I am 23 years old and I have a sister that is 35. My sister has a 3 year old daughter, that’s my moms only grandchild so she is spoiled!
So if you need to know the names of Goldie’s sisters and brothers and their children we can help you out on that but that’s about all we know, sorry!
Danielle
1958, I think this was in the house that burned. I have on a dress that Mom had taken me to Dayton to get for the school year. That also is when we got my coat with the pom-pom ties. I was too neat and hung it in my closet. Everything was burned on one side as they hung in the closet. The closet was near the chimney that caught fire.
In 1961, this looks like a bunch of little geniuses at work. Not sure at what! It must have been on a Sunday after church. Vickie and Martha look all dressed up.
The future Mr. and Mrs. Bennett
Laylah Ali Bittner-Bennett- My big puppy
Grandma and I did so much together that it is hard to remember it all at once. The numerous walks to K Mart and Shawnee Park, always doing my laundry so perfect, feeling my butt to see if I had a temperature, yelling at Mom for not taking me to the doctor, helping me sneak my turtle on the bus so that I could bring it for show and tell…….ohhhh the memories.
Probably one of the most memorable things that I will always remember is this one time that we went to Shawnee Park. For weeks Grandma had pushed me in my stroller to the park and we checked on the ducks nest that had three or four eggs in it. I was so excited for the day we would go to the park and the eggs would be hatched and we would see baby ducks……that never happened. We went over to the nest just like always and each egg had been smashed. I looked at Grandma with tears in my eyes and said “who would do such a thing”. Grandma very calmly said “mean people Marnee just mean and bad people”. Looking back on it now it seems funny but I think it was the first time I learned of evil in the world. I had to have been 3 or 4.
I would do anything to have Grandma here now that so many things have changed. She would be so proud that I finally got my license and that I graduated college. I am getting married on June 27, 2009 to Lee who she also loved. I know she would love Laylah too…probably just because I do.
I know she is with me and all of us in spirit though. I see things that she used to do in my every day life and in myself just as I’m sure you guys do too. Lee thinks that it is crazy but, the milk has to be in the same spot in the fridge. I am also crazy about laundry and making sure the bed is made at all times. The hand towel in the bathroom always has to be folded just so and I find myself calling everyone “honey” sometimes. It is kind of scary but “Day Lord” it is a way to remember.
This is a vague recollection, but I do remember making massive amounts of taffy. I think it was at the Ellis house. I can see Myrtle and I think Shirley pulling big strands of warm, hot, sticky strands of candy. When all was pulled and before it was too cool, it was time to cut and wrap in wax paper. What a treat for all of us.
