#15

There have been many houses in my life, but the brown one will always be special.

The next section of my youth that i remember is the 2 houses near  Matheny St . i lived there from about 8 to 15 years old. that was the longest time i ever lived in one area, the houses were in the same block and almost back to back. we live in the first one for about 2 years and then moved in the other one that was built for us.. IT HAD AIR CONDITIONING. i remember sleeping on the couch under layers of covers....
i did a lot of growing there.
i remember snow that was 2 or 3 feet deep. i remember a mini bike/ that is a small motorcycle.
i remember my mother buying me a set of books called the "life cycle library". a single mom's way of talking to her young son about sex. i learned a lot about the clinical act, but i'm still learning about the emotional aspects of love.  OH YEA!!!!!
i remember riding the mini bike in the snow. i remember a dog being run over by a car, i dont remember what he was called.
i remember many many afternoons  and evenings of playing football in a neighbors large back year. i remember being hit in the face while playing and my mother taking me to the doctors office for stiches in my face. and then my mother calling the other guys homes and telling them to quit picking on her little boy.
i was one of the most aggressive and toughtest ones playing but my mother did not see it that way of course.
i still catch jokes about that even now. and it causes me to miss mama

i remember going with my mother to a hardware store, she was looking at clothes washers and dryers. she found some that she liked and i didnt understand why we did not get to take them home and then my mother explained to me that we did not have enough money and they would not give them to us on credit. that moment was one i will allways remember because i realized at that moment that we were poor... up to that time i did not even consider money as a part of my life.

i remember while living at that house i first became involved in church. i was attending a presbyterian church and was involved in the youth group and i also helped out at the church, cutting grass and cleaning up. i did not learn much that i can remember about Jesus or God, but i learned that a church family is a great and wonderful thing....

added 9/8/11  i remember almost burning one of the houses down while i was playing with matches and then lying vehemently to cover myself.. there was home made ice cream and riding girls on the seat of my bike while i stood up and peddled.. cheryl mckinney rachel buckalooare two that come to mind,  and other faces and legs that i remember but the names have escaped me..

this is also where i lived when i received my drivers license..
the first car i ever owned was a fiat spider convertible.. my brother loaned me the money to buy it and i paid him back..