“Life Changes in… SEPTEMBER…”
In SEPTEMBER of 1945… LIFE as I knew it …came to a big change.
Since my MOTHER would be having twins in FEBRUARY of 1946… my two brothers DENNY and TOMMY and ME – would need a place to be taken care of …for a short time… so my MOTHER was told that the paper work that she was signing …was just a formality …but that was not the truth.
There were three locations – that children could be placed on a temporary basis. The first one that we all went… for a visit with a social worker – doing the driving and giving us all the details – as to what she thought would be a good place for each of us… first, Saint Mary’s Home for Girls – in the South Saint Louis area. This place – made a real impression on me – it was a very tired and worn out place – and not as all friendly and not really a place that I was wanting to go – and no amount of telling me – it would only be for a short time.
The second place would be for boys only… Saint Joseph Home for Boys… and since I was not to go there – well nothing at all was very appealing to me My two brothers – well they just were too young to know what they wanted – and I do not think that they had any idea …of what was really going on. When each of my brothers were to be born… well I was the one that had to go somewhere for a short stay – – and even the bag of candy did not set too well with me. That is one time – I’ll never forget!
In the above photo… My FATHER is holding the one surviving twin KAREN – then there is DENNY – Mary Ellen – – TOMMY – are we HAPPY… – – NO!
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