Wreckoning
More family discoveries in old newspapers! When I was a year-and-a-half old, we were in a car accident in Charter Oak north of Covina. Of course me being that young, I don't remember it at all, but I do remember that just about every time Mom drove through that intersection, I'd get to hear the story about how this teenager ran the stop sign and hit Mom's car, breaking Nana's leg, and sending her to the hospital. No car seats in those days, but I was told that I wasn't hurt because I was wedged tight between Mom and Nana in the front seat. Nana had her leg in a cast for weeks, though. Here's a picture from the time.
Me, Nana, Rascal and Scamp in our back yard in Glendora, June 21, 1956, which just happens to be Nana's 68th birthday.
So anyway, yesterday, I'm searching my mother's name in that newspaper archive, and lo and behold, I find this mention of the accident. The way it's worded, it sounds like Mom actually hit the other car! OMG, Mom! Wouldn't be the only fib she ever told, but this is a pretty big one, since she told me the same story about us getting hit by that teenager about a hundred times over the years.
It's also interesting for me to see Nana's age in the paper and realize that I'm just as old now as she was when I was born. She would live another 20 years. Me, I'm pretty sure that the world being what it's become, I won't make it anywhere near that long...
Me, Nana, Rascal and Scamp in our back yard in Glendora, June 21, 1956, which just happens to be Nana's 68th birthday.
So anyway, yesterday, I'm searching my mother's name in that newspaper archive, and lo and behold, I find this mention of the accident. The way it's worded, it sounds like Mom actually hit the other car! OMG, Mom! Wouldn't be the only fib she ever told, but this is a pretty big one, since she told me the same story about us getting hit by that teenager about a hundred times over the years.
It's also interesting for me to see Nana's age in the paper and realize that I'm just as old now as she was when I was born. She would live another 20 years. Me, I'm pretty sure that the world being what it's become, I won't make it anywhere near that long...