From Ms Alberta's taped memories:
I was born August 1, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio. I will soon be eighty four years old. There was a five inch snowfall last night so I am snowbound. I am one of those people who, despite my years, must be busy doing something. This snowfall has made me decide that I will try to do something that I have been thinking about and have been encouraged to do by most of my family and friends; write about my life. It may be time for me to do just that. So here goes the life and times of Edith Alberta Shoupe Thomas Brandon.
I was born August 1, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio. I will soon be eighty four years old. There was a five inch snowfall last night so I am snowbound. I am one of those people who, despite my years, must be busy doing something. This snowfall has made me decide that I will try to do something that I have been thinking about and have been encouraged to do by most of my family and friends; write about my life. It may be time for me to do just that. So here goes the life and times of Edith Alberta Shoupe Thomas Brandon.
The
first step should, I think, be organization of my life events; but this is
giving me some real cause to wonder just where to begin. The story of my life
is not hard to tell because there are too few memories to organize and tell
about. The problem is that there are too many memories. My
personal history floods my mind first and foremost; but my life was definitely
shaped by the world events outside my family and personal life. During my
lifetime there have been a Great Depression, a World War, a Korean War, and the
Viet Nam War; there have also been other world shaking events that have shaped
history and touched my life.
My oldest daughter, who will be typing this for me, says to just start talking
to the tape recorder and let her do the rest; so we will give that a try.
NOTE: Ms Alberta was dead
before she reached her eighty fourth birthday.
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