Long Long Ago
Long Long Ago
I too remember that BIG dining room table, especially the swirl designing around the edges, the claw feet, and some family meetings. How I wish that table had remained in the family, I wonder what happened to it? Sooooo many moves. It was nice to have the stability of one home for the first twelve years of my life, to know the neighbors and be so familiar with the community. Dutchland farms, the skating rink, the Cranston pool. I wish I could remember family meals and siblings around the table, but I simply don't. Moving to Vermont, back to Rhode Iskand, and then back to, and all around Vermont every year for the first 6 years we came to the very cold North, there was no big family table or meals or siblings. There were at first a house that got flooded, then apartments, then a haunted house, and then a new home, and another new home and then a third new home which became the most permanent for a while. There was old furniture, new furniture, sibling visits, and long hard hours for mom and dad as they built their buisness. I learned flexibility.
I too remember that BIG dining room table, especially the swirl designing around the edges, the claw feet, and some family meetings. How I wish that table had remained in the family, I wonder what happened to it? Sooooo many moves. It was nice to have the stability of one home for the first twelve years of my life, to know the neighbors and be so familiar with the community. Dutchland farms, the skating rink, the Cranston pool. I wish I could remember family meals and siblings around the table, but I simply don't. Moving to Vermont, back to Rhode Iskand, and then back to, and all around Vermont every year for the first 6 years we came to the very cold North, there was no big family table or meals or siblings. There were at first a house that got flooded, then apartments, then a haunted house, and then a new home, and another new home and then a third new home which became the most permanent for a while. There was old furniture, new furniture, sibling visits, and long hard hours for mom and dad as they built their buisness. I learned flexibility.
