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I grew up during the Depression. Dad was gone and we didn't have money. We put cardboard in the holes in the souls of...

"I am going to be 92. I am like the little boy who says, I am three, but I am going to be four next year. I was born...

“I was born in 1920 on a farm in Belle Plane, Wisconsin. There was no doctor so my father delivered all 12 of his...

“I am 92. I left home when I was 16 years old and went to work in the textile mills with my sister and her husband. I...

"June 6, 1944, is a day I will never forget. I wasn’t scared because I didn’t have time to be. It was hot in the tanks...

"Margot was born in 1939 in Germany. Her memories are slipping away so I will help tell her stories. Her father was...

"My wife died in April. We were married for 72 years. I am 95 years old. I grew up in upstate New York during the...

“My great-grandfather Phillips ran a tobacco shop in a little town near Charles Dickens' home in England. Dickens made...

“Both of my parents were children of ministers and knew how to make money stretch. Every Saturday we had baked beans...

“I always had an affinity for art but didn't take classes until college at Bishop State with Mary Elizabeth Kimbrough...

"My boyfriend's tattoo says, "We will always have each other." Mine says, "When everyone else is gone." We were at...

"I turned 19 today. I am going to a Halloween party and my sister wanted to dress up with me because she is too old to...