Growing Up in the Rockies
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One year they had come out with the metal saucer sled, my mother decided to try coming down the toboggan run with it. I’m surprised she could even get on it as it was made for kids. It was the funniest sight I ever saw, and yet I feared for her. I couldn’t believe this was my reserved mother. When she got on it she had no idea how fast that metal saucer would go picking up speed on its way. There was no stopping it. She rode it all the way down the mountainside.
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My heart drifts back to the Rocky Mountains as I sit and look out the window. I see the snow that once brought such joy to my heart. I remember the days when I would have been known as a snow bunny. I think of my poor mother and how difficult it was for her to keep me indoors, for I was a mountain girl. I climbed the mountains. I chased the animals. I found all of God’s creatures beautiful. I was my father’s child. He roamed the wilderness and I learned from him. I loved to live life and I was very, very happy. It makes me very sad when I think of children who have not experienced such happiness, for I was one of the lucky ones. That is why I wish to share my life with you. I hope that in this day and age of single parents that maybe someone who reads this can get hope from the true meaning of family. I had a family that surrounded me with love and I never understood the meaning of poverty even though we were very poor. I always felt like our life was normal and that was how the whole world was. It would not be till my adult years that I would find this not to be true, and to experience the pain of a life that I had never known. It is hard for me to know where to begin as I remember back on the life that I loved and miss so much. However I wish to share the memories that made me who I am today.
About the Author
Janice Nadine Richards, born on August 17,1950 in Butte, Montana, Silver Bow County. She was born to Fred Wilson Richards and Eleanor Edna Pritchert Richards. She has one sister, Jeanine Arlee Richards Schmidt who is four years older, currently living in Missoula, Montana. She graduated from High School in 1968. She attended Rocky Mountain College for two years studying music education, and then two years at Eastern Montana College completing her special education, and reading endorsement. She graduated in 1972 with a BS in Secondary Education . She retired in May of 2009. She has also taught ESL for the College of Southern Idaho. She has taught in Montana, Idaho, and Nevada, and currently resides in Rupert, Idaho where she can be close to her sons, Shawn P. and Michael G. Koski . They are the love of her life. She spends most of her time on the computer reminiscing about her life and the experiences that have touched her heart. She has spent time writing, poetry, song lyrics, children’s stories and fingerplays, as well as novel manuscripts. She loves writing and will continue to do so as long as she is able to. She may also be found on facebook. Future plans include, another poetry book which is already in progress, A memoir of her adult life, several children stories, and several books on education. You may also find some of her short poems written in the next book to come out on IVORY PAL , the TENNESSE WALKING HORSE. Her biggest challenge is new technology and aging gracefully.