Posted by JDseller on October 19, 2012 at 20:53:09 from (208.126.196.144):
I have seen some postings about my friend that just passed away. I just want everyone to know that we all where just poor to maybe less poor people around here when I was growing up. What my wife and I did was nothing special. The people around here just shared what they had if they could.
My first wife and I got married when we where both just sixteen. I got a job at a feed mill for after school and weekends. My wife took over the chickens and cream separating for my Grand Parents. She got a percentage of the money when they sold the cream and eggs.
We lived in a small building that had been fixed up for my Great Grand father to live in beside my Grand Father's house. It was just 12 x 14 with a wood stove for heat. We had a double bed and two stuffed chairs to set in an read. Plus a small table to study on.. You walked to the outhouse to use the bathroom. We shared meals/costs and kitchen duties with my Grand Parents. We showered and did our cloths washing in their basement. So we we where poor but our cost of living was real low. So we had a little extra even after saving most of our money.
The brooch cost maybe $10. I was making that in two days after school bagging feed. So it was not a big deal. The dress cost a little more but it was not as much as my wife made in a week with the cream and eggs. So it was not a hardship on us in anyway. I can't remember what we where making exactly but it was around $50 total each week. That was good for 1967. Many men worked full time and did not make much better then.
We just wanted our best friend to go the our Senior Prom with us. Nothing more or less than that. My wife arranging a date for her was just more of the same. We loved to dance. We wanted her to have someone to dance with while we had a good time too.
Our friend more than repaid us when my wife was fighting cancer. Without her help we would had a much harder time taking care of our kids and house. What she did then was way more valuable than a cheap brooch and dress. Helping take care of a person that is dying and sick is way harder than anything we ever did for her.
I did not post for me. I wanted people to Know that a special person just passed on. I am just a common old country folk type of guy. Nothing special about me at all. Many have done what I have done and most of them probably did it better.
So make sure your friends are not in need and pray for those that you are unable to help. That is all any of us can do. Help those that really have a need when you can. That is what makes this a great nation.
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