Betty's Blog

June 2015 Back in 1969, the birth control pill was still quite a strong formulation and doctors were told to tell moms to quit breast-feeding if they wanted to go on The Pill. So I made the decision to quit breast-feeding Jill after just a month so I could do that. It broke my heart! We had just got started and it was going so very well! But I didn't think we could afford to have another baby right away, so I followed my doctor's advice. I did many sit-ups and was back to my pre-baby weight by the time John got back from San Diego in June. Scary to look back and remember that we drove all the way from Buffalo Center to Millington, TN, with Jill on top of all our possessions in the back of our GTO! There were no such things as child seats way back then! If we would have had an accident, she would have been thrown right through the windshield! Ah, but that didn't happen, and we arrived safe and sound at our new home at 7786 W. National; Millington, TN. It wasn't

YUMA!!! the name says it all. we referred to it as "You Mother...."! so dang hot. all the time! relentless and boring for one year and nine months! After packing up and leaving Millington, we headed back to Buffalo Center to see our folks before we had to leave for Yuma. The trip took us two days. Jill was a very good traveler, especially with her new car-seat to ride in! It was the latest thing... a sling canvas seat with two hooks at the back so it hooked over the front of the front seat or the back seat so she could see outside the car. Not exactly safe by today's standards, but it was something! We stopped in Scottsdale to see my sister Joyce and her husband Butch Jenkins and finally reached Yuma in mid-October, 1969. We found a place to rent (#9) located on the far west edge of Yuma at 1111-15th Drive. It was another tin shack-style apartment, probably built during WWII to house soldier's families. Absolutely no insulation! It was "air-cooled". Dow