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Free books, fun and adventure — 4 Comments

  1. My sisters and I often wonder where our parents were when we were growing up too!! We’re GenX, and we would ride our bikes all over the place, go to friends houses blocks away, go to the candy store, etc. When my youngest sister was 4, she shot my middle sister, who was 7, in the armpit with a BB gun! That was at a friend’s house. I was 10. So there we were, 10, 7 & 4, 5 blocks away…though we were at our preacher’s house! Those were the days.

    • We were blessed to have grown up with all of that freedom. What wonderful memories! Really enjoyed reading about yours!

  2. Hi Roxanne! I can relate to your memory of riding horses bareback in the summer in shorts and bare feet. That is what we would do too. A neighbor girl had horses, a mare and a gelding. My sister and I would ride the horses with her. The gelding would always follow the mare. One particular day, my sister and our friend were riding together on the mare, and I was riding the gelding. We were riding through the woods, and for some reason I can’t remember, I got delayed. When I was ready to get going, the gelding was so upset for being so far behind the mare that he took off running and bucked me off just outside the woods. I hit my head hard on the pavement and slid on my shoulder and leg. I was pretty tore up. I had a horrible, horrible concussion and was so sick! It took quite a while for me to be able to get back on a horse again after that accident. Those lazy summer days as a kid though were such great memories growing up. You’re so right… no worries of strangers and all the things we have to be mindful of today. Please enter me in your newsletter giveaway for one of your books. Thank you so much!

  3. When we had kids, they all had to wear boots, long jeans, and helmets. That was never a thought when I was little. What an awful experience you had–and what a blessing that you survived it! Reading your comment made me shiver!

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