Living Family Archive

Iris’ house

Stories set here

First Earnings and a Room to Be Proud OfSelling flower seeds door to door earned Dee two bedroom lamps, and she also babysat for the Hancocks and Iris. She recalls Iris meeting Bill at Cozy Corners, Iris’s wedding and emerald ring, and a frightening night babysitting in Iris’s large house, when she hid a knife beneath a sofa cushion. Summer work at Tasty Treat brought unlimited root beer and paychecks that Dee and Carol pooled for twin beds, turquoise bedspreads, a lamp, and a rug; Mom made matching curtains. Dee also praises Bernie’s lasting plasterwork in his room.

Events here

I must have been in junior high school
A frightening evening babysitting for Iris
Frightened by noises and the large windows overlooking a yard and ravine, Dee closed the drapes and sat with a knife hidden under a sofa cushion. She thinks she babysat for Iris only once.

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