Fond memories of Aunt Mamie’s house.
The very best thing about being at Aunt Mamies was that she had air purifiers all over the house, and we could breathe better
I’ll never forget the first few days at Aunt Mamie’s house. I have many fond memories there, but the first few days are still the most vivid. When we first arrived, the first thing I noticed was the smell of food cooking. We were hungry, and cold. And Aunt Mamie had a nice fire going in the fireplace, and she had Christmas music on. We could hear other children playing in one of the other rooms, and we knew that we were safe. Our time before that, with our Mama, had been miserable. We ate breakfast and lunch at school and tried to get dinner at a friend’s house, because we never had any food. My brothers and I were often sick, and we didn’t have any heat. Mama tried to heat the house with the stove, when she was home, but she had often left us alone. I didn’t know it at the time, but Mama had a drug problem. And Aunt Mamie was our foster mother. We were finally in a home with plenty of good food and heat. It took Mama two years to get us back, and we stayed at Aunt Mamie’s the whole time. We were never cold in winter and opened our Christmas presents before the fire in the fireplace. Aunt Mamie had air conditioning too. We had never had air conditioning before. It made sleeping during the summer so much easier. The very best thing about being at Aunt Mamies was that she had air purifiers all over the house, and we could breathe better. Our allergies weren’t so troublesome. Eventually we went home to Mama and Aunt Mamie’s house became just memories, but, what fond memories they are.