Blogs from Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America - page 2

I have been working on my oral history report. I chose my mom as the person to interview. She was born in 1921. She has lived through so many changes in the world in her lifetime. Her father was born in 1894. He had a very strong character and was an important role in forming my mother's strong character. In the process of the interview my mom recants a story of being involved in a boycott in high school that ended in a teacher being fired. She was the first in her family to graduate high school. I am glad that this class required an oral history report. I may never have taken the opportunity to learn so much from my mother's child hood. The rest of my family all want a copy of my report. ... read more

My nephews’ wedding was this past weekend. My girls were the flower girls. My nephew had his brother's baby in the wedding too. My girls pulled the 7month old baby down the isle in a wagon. It was very cute. It was interesting to me how the triplets would react being in the wedding. They have been the center of attention since they were born. I was not sure how they would be with so many people and the baby and bride getting most of the attention. They did great and had no problem not being the center of attention. I was very happy to see how they interacted with the wedding party. I would include a picture but we do not post pictures of them on the web. ... read more

I laugh everday that I pick up the paper and see the Congress has formed another committee that will use millions in tax dollars to push the personal agenda of one self-important $&%^ so they can get there overly made up face on TV. Now our elected officials attempted to push through a constitutional ammendment to ban the desicration of the American Flag. With a war in Iraq and Afganistan, market instability, record national debt, rising inflation, homelss Americans, AIDS, Cancer, etc. how do they really find the time. Our modern civilization is one of inaction and CYOA. ATTENTION ELECTED OFFICIALS.....please work on something relative.....the flag burning issue has been around for a long time I think it can wait a little longer. Perhaps you could try working on something that will better the lives of ... read more

This has been a crazy last 2 weeks. My one daughter became ill and had a low grade fever. My mother n law picker her up at daycare. She called my husband after a few hours to tell him she had a 104 degree fever. My husband called me at work and we both left work to take her to the doctors right away. One hour later we were at the doctors and her fever went to 105.6 degrees. The doctor said he thought it was a virus and not to worry about how high the number was. Too late we were already worried. She has epilepsy and can have seizures with high fevers. He checked her for an ear infection and sent us home. He thought it might be a sinus infection and prescribed an ... read more

My mother’s family lived on a farm. They had 7 boys and 2 girls. The oldest son had just turned 16 years old and went to work in the mines. My grandfather did not want his sons working in the mines. He left the farm and went to work in Philadelphia. After a few months he came back home and took the oldest son with him. My grandmother wanted her son back and my father said you have to come and get him. That was the only way he could get my grand mother to leave the farm. That was when my mother’s family moved to Philadelphia. My father passed away quite a few years ago. I wish I had taken this class while he was still alive. I would have loved to interview my father ... read more