girldetective

I remember when my mom took me shopping she would smoke in the stores while browsing for clothes, as did most everyone else.

I remember when I roller skated I wore the key to my skates around my neck.

I remember my sister's boyfriend had a cool white AMC that they used to make-out in in front of our house late at night. (She used Coke for birth control!)

I remember lazy Midwest summer days in a hammock, walking up to the store for penny candy, and then on to the lake or river for a dip. Sandy feet we would walk home to hang around for a while and have dinner, then we'd be out again running around. Having a blast until bedtime, making promises for the next day. I remember short shorts and long long legs.

I remember catching oodles of lightening bugs.

And I remember mosquitos catching me. (In a pinch, when they itched just too much, she would tell us to apply spit to the bite. And if she'd had just too much of being a mom, she would spit on her own finger and dab it on. We all sort of hated that.)

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