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  I have talk about past things some good times as well as some bad times. Now I am moving ahead, I have made bad choices in my life, But through those bad choices I have been blessed. I have six beautiful children each of them are unique and hold a special place in my heart. Not one could replace the other. I also have been blessed with seven grandchildren, that I love more than what they may know. I am thankful, for technology that we have today, this way I can watch them grow even if it is from a  distance, back when I was growing up grandparents did not have that available to them. So I feel fortunate that I have this opportunity. Things I hope to be able to accomplish this summer. Going camping at Neola, Ia and possibly go hiking and paddleboating Going to the Omaha zoo saving money to get my waterline fix    

   As I sit hear reflecting back to my childhood, I mentioned stuff that happen that was negative. I want to get something straight up front, and that is I am not looking for any feed back from anyone nor am I looking for someone to sympathized with me. Because, this is my story, it has nothing to do with my siblings, it has to do with me and how I perceived my childhood, for not everyone memories are the same. Well, enough said on that, it is getting off the path so back on to what I was talking about.   Some of the good things about my childhood, was the summer trips we went on, I remember visiting Mark Twain's childhood home which was in Hannibal Mo. I also remember visiting a cave along the Mississippi river, that was said to have been visited by none other than Mark Twain himself. It is one place I hope to visit again. I also remember going to rodeos. I remember camping in the car on these trips. I remember a couple of times that we when to Sidney, Ia, to the ...

   The more I sit and think back to my childhood, the more I wonder how I made it this far. What I am trying to say is that I did not feel like a normal child. I use to handle the turmoil, that was a part of my childhood, by believing that maybe this is not really my family, and I was just placed with this group of people for my protection, because I am really a princess or someone of importance from a different land. Mind you, I was trying to figure out why I was being fought over so much.  Fighting over a child is costly to the child's mental health. Children are people and not property. Children love both parents and both sides of their family. I know for a fact that it is wrong to put down a child's last name or that family. That is what my mother did to me, she would run down the Roberts name. I do not believe she realized at the time, what she was doing. I personally do not or want to believe that she was deliberately running me down. Having siblings has help me in ...

I grew up in a small town in Marshall County Iowa. I lived in the north part of town, in the back of my home, there was a small area that was full of trees. I loved to play back in those trees, when I was a child. I could imagine all sort of adventures that I was on, for instance being maid Marian from the Adventures of Robin Hood  or Jane from Tarzan. Tarzan was my hero, As a child I was thrilled when I was able to get a little golden book with Tarzan. I also picked mushrooms in between my house  and the neighbors house. We had a big garden out back in the summer time. As a child I also rode my purple sting-ray all over town. One of the things, I use to do is ride my bike down the three steps that was going from the street to the Christian Church, There were two churches back than the Christian Church and the Catholic Church. When I was real small around 5 years I remember seeing women in long black gowns, walking up the street from the first house I lived in. I want to say...