Daddy brings Bicycle – for ME! | Grandma’s Stories

Oct 19th Daddy brings Bicycle – for ME!

One thing that I still wanted – was the “Bicycle” that was in our basement at home and just gathering dust! It was not a new bike – but that did not matter to me – it was that I sure did not want to forget how to ride a bike and at the Orphanage there would be plenty of time for me to ride??

At one – Christmas time – my long time girl friend Eleanora Faucher and her sister RoseMary each received brand new bikes – and there was one thing that I just could not do and that was to be asking my friends to borrow their personal things! What if for some reason – I was to damage it in some way – how would I ever make it up to that person to repay for the damage that I had caused?? In the Orphanage – it was easier to learn to do without – what ever someone else had – there was always something else you could find to do with yourself. It seem to me – that it was more important to have a friend than an enemy – so that way it was something that even after leaving the Orphan home – that I was glad that I did learn – and I wished several times – when I was ask to lend something and never ever got it back – others would have in same – learn that same lesson?

But on this particular day – that – – my “DADDY” took the time to bring this bike – in his “ole Jalopy” out to the Orphan home – just for me – I did let some of my more special friends take a ride! I knew that when my Daddy would have to leave – that I would have plenty of time to ride the bike – but now was the time for me to share time and visit with my DAD! It wasn’t everyday that my family had the time to make a long trip to Normandy, Missouri – as that is where the Orphanage was located – just as far as possible for most families. Also, when my DAD would come out to visit – he would bring something good to eat – and something that I could also share with others.

Now, that I think back to those years and think about all the “KIDS” that had parents – and the parents never came out to see their very own children? We really do live in a very mixed-up and selfish world! The “TIMES” – Today are a reflection of the mental cruelty to those children – then and all because – there was such a lack of “LOVE” for your very own “FAMILY” members! What is really wrong with people that – they can not share “LOVE” with their very own children??