At Home in Mississippi
Growing up in the 40 and 50 in MIssissippi
by BethShelby
My life growing up in the 40's and 50's
Prologue
Prologue: At Home in Mississippi
Posted February 7, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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A bit a about the family which I would be born into.
Chapter 1
Lead-In to an Humble Beginning
Posted January 28, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Lucille and Glover struggle to pay off their debt.
Chapter 2
Crisis with the Mortgage Money
Posted January 29, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Lucille's longing to start a family grows stronger.
Chapter 3
A Desire For Something More
Posted February 2, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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This is a sad time in Lucille;s life.
Chapter 4
Devastating News
Posted February 4, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Lucille gets around to admitting, she pregnant.
Chapter 5
The News is Out
Posted March 3, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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The days lead toward the family additon.
Chapter 6
Countdown to Delivery
Posted March 15, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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The Weir family grows by one.
Chapter 7
Making a Grand Entrance
Posted March 27, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Preeclampsia, formerly called toxemia
Chapter 8
Postpartum Crisis
Posted April 6, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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I heard our personalities start forming from birth.
Chapter 9
Little Things Which Shaped Me
Posted April 18, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Getting acquainted with life and extended family.
Chapter 10
Exploring My New World
Posted April 22, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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My life in Mississippi before before WWII
Chapter 11
Potty Training
Posted May 5, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Other things I'm remembering from my twos and threes.
Chapter 12
Tidbits, Cures and Other Kids
Posted May 6, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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The desire to get even sometimes starts young.
Chapter 13
The Doll
Posted January 7, 2022Biographical / Non-Fiction
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My experiences with trying to understand God.
Chapter 14
Communicating With God
Posted May 7, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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A Radio News Story and a Briar Patch
Chapter 15
The Radio and a Briar Patch
Posted May 9, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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More of my thinking at age three.
Chapter 16
Favorites, Fears, and Willpower
Posted May 16, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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More tales of life when I was three.
Chapter 17
Old Things and New Changes
Posted May 12, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Events of December 1941
Chapter 18
War and a Peaceful Holiday
Posted May 19, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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A typical Mississippi man in preintergregation days.
Chapter 19
My Uncle Willie
Posted May 24, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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My life growing up in the 40s and 50s in Mississippi.
Chapter 20
Career Decision at Age Four
Posted May 27, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Another look into my life around five.
Chapter 21
Up, Up, and Away
Posted May 30, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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An unusual character in my story.
Chapter 22
Our Neighbor, Joe Seay
Posted June 2, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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A mixture of things during 1942 and 1943
Chapter 23
War Years and Other Happenings
Posted June 9, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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The long awaited first day of school arrives.
Chapter 24
That Memorable First Day
Posted June 12, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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There are days when things go wrong.
Chapter 25
The Pros and Cons of School Days
Posted June 15, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Early memories of my first year in school.
Chapter 26
School Days in the Forties
Posted June 23, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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My first train ride to Texas to visit relatives.
Chapter 27
All Aboard for Texas
Posted June 29, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Life in 1944 in Mississippi
Chapter 28
Family Outings and Planned Trip
Posted June 27, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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This is my first time being away from Mississippi
Chapter 29
Texas Adventure
Posted July 6, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Post Number 1000
A Milestone Post
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A chapter in the book Growing Up in Mississippi
Chapter 30
Friends Come in all Colors
Posted July 9, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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The south still had it problems in the 40s.
Chapter 31
Trouble Erupts
Posted July 11, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Various religious ideologies cause tension in my world.
Chapter 32
Tiptoeing on Holy Ground
Posted July 18, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Chapter in Growing Up in MIssissippi
Chapter 33
Summer of 45 and Changing Events
Posted July 27, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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A chapter in the book,Growing up in Mississippi
Chapter 34
Lessons in Humility
Posted July 28, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Highlight at age nine.
Chapter 35
Beginning of the Post War Years
Posted August 6, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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My dad tries to give me experiences he didn't have.
Chapter 36
The Greatest Show on Earth
Posted July 22, 2023Biographical / Non-Fiction
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My early and later experiences and thoughts about guns.
Chapter 37
The Gun and I
Posted July 24, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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A Mississippi summer and beginning of 5th grade
Chapter 38
Southern Heat and Back to School
Posted August 8, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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A 1948 tornado strikes a town in Mississippi.
Chapter 39
In the Clutches of a Tornado
Posted August 10, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Mixed feelings and other traumas.
Chapter 40
The Days Following the Storm
Posted August 12, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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I found myself doing something I regretted.
Chapter 41
Summer of my Indiscretion
Posted August 31, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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Seventh grade was a mildstone and a stumbleing stone.
Chapter 42
Dealing with Changes
Posted September 3, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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A couple of other things happening the year of the storm.
Chapter 43
1948 Becomes History
Posted August 25, 2024Biographical / Non-Fiction
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