I am not older than dirt-BUT-I grew up this way
Our doors were never locked-I always imagine
God walking through our front door

I didn't know we were poor

Born knowing there is a God

Grew 1/2 acre of food on our 1 acre of land

Proud of how my Parents raised me & siblings

I grew up the same way. We grew our own food, and both sets of grandparents grew theirs as well.

One grandmother canned everything under the sun and they had a shed with shelves and shelves of canned food.

I can remember all of us sitting around a big circle, shucking corn. We made homemade ice cream, and grandad said we couldn't have any unless we took turns at the crank.

We never locked our doors and I used to walk to school by myself since first grade.