Another memory from this period was that we walked about a b

Another memory from this period was that we walked about a block and a half to the neighborhood grocery store. I know we walked it every couple of days, good weather or bad. At one point I asked my mom to buy me a roll of 5 flavor Life Savers. She turned me down. In defiance without being obvious I put the roll in my pocket.

We walked home and I treated myself and Linda to a Life Saver. My mom figured out what had happened. I probably got a spanking, but what I really recall is that she had me spit out the rest of the Life Saver and she confiscated the roll. Then she marched me down to the store with a nickel in my hand to pay the storekeeper and apologize. Very character building of her. I bet she and dad ate the rest of the lifesavers.