| Geni - O - Ah - Lo - Gee Page... 'her's Story written by FROG..! |
| The Bullocks Department Store..in downtown Los Angeles.. The store was located at 7th and Hill streets...I closed in 1963..! |
| This is where the sotry of my life starts..On a wooden rocking chair...I was found in the nursery section of the Bulocks Department Store...November 27, 1923...by a store nurse...At approximaately 11:00a.m. I was taken to the Childrens Home Society at about 6:30 a.m. by a policewoman...It was determined by the doctor there that I was about four or five months old...I was given a date of birth...July 16...as they could only guess. I was placed with my adoptive family on December 17, 1923. I was legally adopted on October 9, 1924. Questions ? Where was I from 11;00 until 6:30 ? How come so many details were known but no one knew about me ? |
| The Working Years..! My first job was..Telephone Operator...Old type switchboard where you said Number Please andThank you.... Worked a the Bank of America summers.. Then I joined the W. A. V. E. S..I loved being in the Navy! My adoptive parents hated it...I was out of their reach and they couldn't run my life....They still tried after I got out of the Navy...! |
| Senior Citizen Time..! I am enjoying my life as it is..I build doll-houses, work with miniatures, collect dolls and have my own web page.. In 1995, 1996, and 1998 I drove my van..(Big Blue) to Alaska and camped out by myself...It was a great experience and I would like to do it again... I like being independant...It bugs my family but I tell them..when I grow up and get old..well maybe.. perhaps.. then.. I just might ask for their help if necessary..! |
| The Middle Years..! I married and had four beautiful children..Their pictures are below..They have grown into wonderful people ,,and I am very proud of them.! |
| My Ideas On This Adoption Bit..! Adoption is only as good as the people behind it..I did not learn I was adopted until I was 14 and that was purely by accident..When I tried to find out where I came from, my adoptive parents put a damper on it every time..It took until 1995 to obtain my papers. These told me nothing. So here I am, 79 years old..I do not know who I am, I do not know where I was born. I do not know when I was born..I do not know why all the big secrets. And yes...it has bothered me a lot and is always in my mind...wondering...! |
| The Learning Process.! I was raised in Glendale, California by Scotch-Welsh Presbyterians. It turned out to be a very strict upbringing. I started school at Eugene Field Grade School and after first grade worked my way through Mark Keppel Grade School, ELeanor J, Toll Junior High and Hoover High School. Not enough school ? I graduated two years later fro Glendale Junior College. |
| The School Years.! I was always just expected to go so I never really thought about the future..My adopted parents just filled in my tiem wokring in the hous and yard and going to church..I never had close friends as I wasn't allowed to have anyone over to our house or go anywhere myself.I was never allowed to dae in high school. And it seemed that everyone kept away from me..that I was different..It's a very strange feeling and you feel so alone.! |
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| Magic Travels ! |
| FROG's World: Reality.. is Reality.! |
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| Age: Who knows.. No baby pics before this one..! |
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| 1946.....23 years ..! |