George Broschinsky

December 13, 2008

We come from varied backgrounds. We have different habits. Our talents are different.There is one thing about us that is the same. We all have histories.

Some of these are dramatic, some are not. They are all interesting, however, to our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “Grandma, tell me about when you were a little girl.”

One of the things that might be interesting is to pick a date, any date and pull it up on a computer, or maybe check it at the library. Where were you on that date? How old were you? What were you doing? Where were you when some significant event occurred? What happened the day you were born?

While working on this article I began to think about my birth. It happened on December 6, 1937. December is snow time in Salt Lake City. The hospital where I was born was on a hill. Did my young father (23 years old at the time) drive through snow to get Mom to the hospital? Were the roads slick? Was my young future mother nervous? She was probably concerned about the birth of her first child. Did she even think about the roads? Checking the National Weather Service records indicate that the first snow didn’t come until about two weeks later. Lucky Dad.

Then I thought about the experience of Myrna and myself with our first born. We were at her Mother’s home in Bountiful when she said “I think it is time to go!” We got in the car and headed for the hospital. As we were driving through the residential area she said, “George, are you nervous? My reply was, “No, why?” She then said, “Well, you’re driving 80 miles an hour!”

The idea: pick a date and work with it.

Good journaling.

P.S. Share an idea with us. We would love to hear from you.