I love that you are here. You were such an influence in my life for so many years, and you always will be. We are all so fortunate that you arrived when you did. You have helped make me the person I am today. And if anyone doesn’t like it, I’m sending them to you! Thank you for all you ever did. Love you forever. XOXO

Your combination of reality & honor is awesome! I wish each & every parent was able to view their daily experiences with such a positive “pinch of salt”.

We are lucky enough to finally have some neighbors where they can do that!! But, yes, we never had the term Play Date when we were kids. Probably because it’s a dumb term. XOXO 🙂

I love that you took the time to write this up. It’s a part of your history and the history of Detroit. I love that Detroit is on a comeback because my generation didn’t get to celebrate the city the way yours did. Thankfully, my girls are celebrating it now and we are a part of it as well. Thank you for this and for being so amazing. We love you.

Now remember, I am a true baby boomer, born right after the war. When we played captured the flag there were more than 60 kids involved. My mother never worried about me, because if I was at a neighbors, the mother would call my mother, because I had no clue that I had to do that.

When I walked home from school it would take hours, not because it was hours away, it was only 15 nminutes away. I had to look at every animal, study every leaf and tree and check out the alleys. Many neighborhood mother would remark about my wanderings coming home from school so late.

I do not think any children disappeared, there was no violence, it was a different time. I remember I had this friend, Robert Sarason, who lived on the next block south of me, we were great friends and had a club house in his basement. We are still friends today, yet he lives in Northern California. I remember I told Mrs. Sarason that I had no lunch and would she make me the same tuna salad sandwich she made Robert. So she called my mother and oh boy was my mother pissed. It was like I was starving and was begging for food. Mrs. Sarason did make a great Tuna fish Salad. My mother wanted to kill me so she waited for my Dad to come home and he would take care of any problems with me.

Play Dates, I understand, but I also, like you said (on Greenbriar), you just walked out the door to go play with your friends. Or you had to go out and find where the hell Murphy was after you either broke down the screen door and pushed his way out of the house. If I remember, everyone in the neighborhood knew Murphy. I never knew how the Golfer felt about him romping around.

Times have changed, I think for the worse, as crime is worst and so is the problem with kidnappings and abuse. Who Knew that every existed in my time. I think the worst problem I had was there was not having enough stuff to make a chicken sandwich.

Hooray! Love that!! So happy you are here and I hope you come back! XOOXO

Funny cuz it’s true!! 🙂