April Coker, Author

Tag: growing up in the 60s

  • A New House

    My parents rented houses and apartments for their growing family up until I was seven years old. I remember living in six different houses, but there was at least one I don’t remember. Then Daddy decided to buy us a house. A new house. A bigger house. Less than five years old, with three bedrooms…

  • Walking Ten Miles in the Snow–well, not quite!

    Although I didn’t have to walk to school ten miles in the snow, I grew up in a time when kids weren’t as pampered as they seem to be these days.  How so? For one thing, I rode the bus to school every day from first grade through twelfth grade with very few exceptions. My…

  • More from the Moseley house

    Being a second grader in the 60’s left quite an impression on me.  Here are some of the highlights: Winters were cold back then. We wore coats with fur-trimmed hoods and by the end of the season the fur would be matted and dirty. Yet the coat was passed on to a younger sibling.  Some…