My world was Mom and Dad, but they shared their world with others. Each had parents: Grannie and Bobbo were Mom’s; Grandma and Grandpa were Dad’s. Each had brothers and sisters: Uncle John, Uncle Hud, and Aunt Evie were Mom’s; Aunt Esther and Uncle Dale were Dad’s. There were even parents of parents of parents: Great Granddad Hanna was Grandpa’s father, Great Grandad Hettinger was Grandma’s father, and Nana was Grannie’s mother. Aunt Esther was married to Uncle Harold and had two children (I learned that these were cousins), Gary and Dalene. Uncle Dale was married to Aunt Phyllis and had three daughters: Joan, Carol and Linda. Uncle John was married to Aunt Evelyn, and they had no children. Uncle Hud was married to Aunt Margaret and had three sons: Bob, Rod and Doug. I actually attended Aunt Evie’s wedding when she married Uncle Henry, and they eventually had four daughters: Eve, Amy, Roz and Katy. Mom and Dad presented me with a sister, Kim, while we were living in Platteville, and all this simply meant that my home and my world were getting larger.
P.S. Congratulations to the readers who knew they were reading Matthew 1:4 in the title :-)
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