"Growing Up"

Mae remembered living in three houses growing up- an apartment on 26th and Harvey, and apartment on 30th and Dodge (third floor), and a small house at 507 No. 23rd, which is now Creighton campus. In good weather, she played out in the street under the lights, and had a big tire swing in a vacant lot. She played hopscotch with squares, different than now, and ball and jacks. "We would have tournaments. We played on cement sidewalks or porches. I was pretty good- Ahem! In winter, we'd slide down 2 or 3 blocks in the street with someone stopping traffic as we slid by."

I used to play jacks in fifth grade when we couldn't go outside for recess. I was pretty good, too- must have inherited those quick-hand skills from grandma! During cold, snowy Green Bay winters, we'd sled down the neighbor's hill and build forts in the Jensen's front yard- FUN!