Tag Archives: playmates

Built In Playmates

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Caryn

My husband’s aunt, Margee Kountz practically grew up with his older siblings and him. She was born in 1949; and Bob’s sister Marlyce in 1950, Debbie in 1953, and my husband, Bob in 1954. They were followed by Jennifer in 1961, Brenda in 1963, and Ron in 1968. So, by the time she was 10, Margee was an aunt three times, Continue reading →

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Traditions

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Caryn

My aunt, Sandy Patton is the youngest of my grandparents, George and Hattie Byer’s children. Life for a youngest child is normally very different than that of the oldest child…especially in a large family. My grandparents had nine children. Continue reading →

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The Older Brother

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Caryn

My uncle, Larry Byer was my mom, Collene Spencer’s older brother, and along with their younger brother, Wayne Byer, her best friends from her early childhood. Continue reading →

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Missed Opportunity

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Caryn

Since I wrote the story about bossy big sisters a while back, I have wondered about Bob’s great uncle, James Ernest Schulenberg. Jim was the youngest of Bob’s great grandfather, Max Heinrich Johann Carl Schulenberg’s ten children, and Bob’s grandfather, … Continue reading →

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Little Girl…Big Changes

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Caryn

Susie is the first grandchild born to my mom’s parents, and her birth would announce a major change in the family. Born just 3 years after her youngest aunt, gave her access to instant playmates. There was no need for … Continue reading →

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Friends In Abundance

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Caryn

When children are born a number of years apart, the older children can end up having babies at almost the same time as their parents. Such was the case with my mother-in-law and her younger sisters. Her sister, Linda was … Continue reading →

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