Ok I never heard of this lady before until I picked up her book at a thrift store I believe and this book just took me back to the early 60's when life was so different then. Back when I was young and was a newly bride. I just had to blog some of what she said and wrote. This lady is not a beauty queen by far but a out spoken lady much like Jean Clark who Bump and I spent much time at her home. Back when we were kids Bump and I spent much of our childhood listening to Jean Clarks jokes and her making us laugh when we didn't actually have much to laugh about back then. This lady said " I loved playing house as a young girl, I think I learned how to be a housewife from those early days " I sure can relate to that myself.
Her horoscope is Cancer as is mine...she says we are the ultimate nesters,we look at a room and think of all the possibilities we can do with it...She talks of the fun she had at her Aunt and Uncles home while Bump and I remember the fun we had out at my brother Roscoe's place, vines to swing on and games to play , hide and seek in the corn field , just great times! I really love all the fun that Bump and I had .....its my best memories. We raised ourselves she says in the book and so did Bump and I , ...today we have a closeness.
Her father told her ( keep your nose to the grindstone ,work very hard, struggle and you'll be a success.)
...Our dad , well not sure any of us kids looked up to him. Dad was not one to help you feel good..... only said if having a hard time, use your noggin and would tap me on the head....I hated that! This lady talks about the importance of having friends, I believe in those days it was great to have girlfriends .....she joined a women's club, learned to play bridge and they talked about everything and laughed out loud and would interrupt each other laughing while having a good time.....me and my friend Betty pretty much did same thing and wow did we ever have so much fun together!
Love this quote from this book.~~~~~~
"We got married in 1959..a perfect time to be alive. You knew your life would be better than your parents and you just knew you would succeed. I think we were the last generation that was allowed to be fat or thin, to be pretty or ugly, geeky or a cheerleader. We were still a generation who got married first and then lived together..We were the last generation so dumb to think you needed a husband to have a baby. Life was perfect and I was perfect at it." Butch was the perfect man for me...Marriage was absolutely the perfect place for Jeanne Bice. In 1981 it was just another perfect day in our lives....after lunch Butch headed to the store and would return home before heading to work. As he turned and gave me a kiss and said he loved me he then turned to leave ....right there and then he dropped dead at my feet, ....no warning. After some time had passed , I now feel that life prepares you for times like this. ...Sometimes life is so hard it becomes difficult to believe that it can ever get better. But it can!"
For sure this took me back as I read the book. Much like this lady we were little housewives who stayed home with the children ....life was good then and I remember Betty my friend and I getting together after the guys left for work and having fun going to parks with kids , cooking together and watching "As the World Turns" it was all such fun! Yes, its true while we are living each day and making plans for tomorrow our lives can change in a instant without a warning as this happened to this lady Jeanne!! Few years later my friend Betty's husband died... He was not very old, Betty went on to marry again. Life can change ....we really never know what tomorrow will bring.
Loved loved this book / this was life in the Sixies.
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