Posted by: Anne Holmes
Women of '69
Posted by: orchid
Re: Women of '69 - 06/12/15 08:02 PM
I haven't looked at the link but I was only 10 years old at that time.
My youngest sibling was born that year. I remember along with other family members really excited to see another baby family member.
That sister is now a physician with 2 children of her own.
My youngest sibling was born that year. I remember along with other family members really excited to see another baby family member.
That sister is now a physician with 2 children of her own.
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Re: Women of '69 - 06/13/15 01:57 AM
I was 17 that year, Orchid, a junior in high school. I spent the summer in Europe. Knew little about Woodstock, for example, until I returned. Read about man landing on the moon via articles and photos published in the Paris Match newspaper.
The living away from home was very formative, in ways I hadn't anticipated. I learned to make decisions for myself and actually had to handle being quite sick for a week that summer.
But when I returned home, my parents expected me to fall back into the routine of asking them if I could do something, leaving them to be the final deciders of my actions. I had matured past that, of course. Something they ought to have been proud of, since my parents had raised me with the goal of my becoming a capable, self-supporting adult.
But once that happened before they were expecting it, we had a bumpy senior year.
So these women were older than me, as well. But their reminiscences are quite fascinating IMHO.
The living away from home was very formative, in ways I hadn't anticipated. I learned to make decisions for myself and actually had to handle being quite sick for a week that summer.
But when I returned home, my parents expected me to fall back into the routine of asking them if I could do something, leaving them to be the final deciders of my actions. I had matured past that, of course. Something they ought to have been proud of, since my parents had raised me with the goal of my becoming a capable, self-supporting adult.
But once that happened before they were expecting it, we had a bumpy senior year.
So these women were older than me, as well. But their reminiscences are quite fascinating IMHO.
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Re: Women of '69 - and 70! - 07/16/15 10:16 PM
OK, so I graduated high school in June 1970. 45 years ago. This weekend my class is having a 45 year reunion.
I'll be back on the forum reliably on Monday, but can't promise I'll have Interent access before that.
Enjoy your weekends, everyone!
Anne
I'll be back on the forum reliably on Monday, but can't promise I'll have Interent access before that.
Enjoy your weekends, everyone!
Anne