Barbara's Chapter · 1945 and early childhood
The Baby of the Family
told by Barbara Kay Guild Miller
Barbara recalls being born on May 26th, 1945, the fifth daughter and youngest of seven children. She slept in a baby bed in her parents’ room for six years. Her earliest, hazy memory is playing school with her sisters on a blanket beneath a large tree in the front yard.
In the family's own words
The fifth daughter. The seventh and last child.
ON MAY 26TH, 1945 I WAS BORN. I was the last of seven children. The baby of the family. I was put in a baby bed in Mom and Dad’s room and slept there for the next six years. The very first memory I have is hazy. I’m sitting on a blanket spread in the front yard under a big tree, playing school with my sisters. The next memory is vivid. I’d started Kindergarten at Roosevelt grade school. I cried every day asking to see one of my sisters, Diana, Delores or Carol, who would have to come to my room to comfort me. I finally adjusted, but I still missed being with them. Another early memory is the night Diana came home from the hospital. I remember feeling very shy with her but also very jealous. She was getting all the attention.
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