Tag: childhood
Playing pretend is serious business
Judith Sutherland's grandaughter transforms her living room into a doctor's office, farm, grocery store, kitchen and salon during an imaginative afternoon.
Learn to lose gracefully
Everything from barn ball to pasture puck hockey served as a great foundation toward building a whole lot of strong kids.
Sometimes having patience is the best thing to do
Judith Sutherland recalls being taught the virtue of patience during childhood and many situations where being patient paid off.
Reflecting on the freedom of pants
It wasn't until Judith Sutherland's freshman year of high school that the school board changed the dress code to allow girls to wear pants to school.
Growing up on a farm comes with hard work, joy and...
Being raised on a farm is filled with work and joy, tempered with loss, wisdom and growth that can't be measured over the course of a childhood.
How to stay warm at night in an old farm house
Alan Guebert recalls the heating systems and various tactics his family used to stay warm 60 years ago in the farm house of his youth.
The good old days had pitfalls too
Kymberly Foster Seabolt thinks it is crucial for those of us who remember some of the “good old days” to get real about some of the pitfalls too.
Welcome to the ‘great state of Pennsylvania!’
Judith Sutherland recalls her first trip out of Ohio to a farm in Pennsylvania to buy a young boar pig.
Children reveal how fast time flies
Children serve as a reminder of years — and time in general — rolling by faster than we otherwise would realize.
