The Old Home Place

This is a picture of the old house I grew up in. At one time in life it was beautiful but my dad let it go and never could afford to keep it up. So sad. We lived in this two story house which was in the part of town they called the Pear Orchard. As I think back I do remember there being a few pear trees around the neighborhood. Joey laughs and makes a joke that he was brought up on Bunker Hill, and I in the Pear Orchard. ha! Both being not so high class neighborhoods but lots of fun !
So, as well as my memory serves me I remember those were hard times for my parents. My dad actually came from a pretty well to do family but mother on the other hand , well they were not as well off. I remember spending lots of time at my mother's family home. Grandma was a sweetheart of a old lady , we called her MA! I reckon she was in her late eighties back then. My mother was somewhat of a defiant pre-teen and married young. The marriage had its problems and mom being young had alot of growing up to do I reckon. My dads parents I don't remember. His dad had moved away and left the old home for dad to raise his family in. Guess he felt dad needed it, felt sorry for him likely cause he and mom had lots of children, eleven to be exact! Three died while young. that had to be rough. Anyway , my dad promised to send his dad some money each month. I was told his dad was living in Fort Wayne Indiana. Dad told me this story before he died. He was quite sad and his eyes would water up cause he felt he had lost his dads trust. But the fact was, he just didn't have money to send his dad, it just wasn't to be had. I feel certain his dad must have understood cause times were tough , they were also hit with the great depression era .
Well , our home could have been a landmark today but as the yrs. went on , and because of lack of having money and hardly enough to care for his family dad let the house go into a state of disrepair and eventually they tore it down. I remember Bump {my brother}and I had fun hiding in the secret cubbies that the two story home had and sharing the loft together. As bad as times were back then , being a kid we had our fun and made our memories! They don't make houses like that anymore!! mama