BEING A TOMBOY IN TROY OHIO

AS A TOMBOY IN TROY OHIO I USED TO DIG IN OUR BACKYARD AND PLAY UNDERNEATH OUR OLD HOIUSE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. IT WAS LIKE A KIDS PLAYHOUSE. AND WE WOULD GO TO ONE BLOCK CLOSE BY WHERE THE ENTIRE BLOCK WAS NOT DEVELOPED. IT LOOKED LIKE A JUNGLE FULL OF TREES AND IT HAD ROPES OF VINES AND WE WOULD PLAY ALL DAY THERE. IT WAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THIS SMALL CITY. WE ALSO GOT POISON IVY A LOT AS A KID. I REMEMBER MY MOM PLACING SHEETS OVER MY SKIN WITH OATMEAL BATHES TO DRY IT UP. I LOVED THE OUTDOORS AND DURING THE SUMMER SHE WOULD RING A LOUD COWBELL TO CALL US IN TO DINNER.

IT WAS A GREAT TOWN TO GROW UP IN AND I HAD ABOUT 3 SPECIAL GIRLFRIENDS. WE HAD SLUMBER PARTIES ONCE IN AWHILE. WE ALL HAD SPECIAL TIMES TOGETHER. I REMEMBER THAT TOWN VERY WELL AND I REMEMBER MY UNCLE VERNON LIVING ONLY 2 HOUSES DOWN FROM US. HE HAD A HUGE HOUSE THAT I USED TO DO KARATE IN.

I USED TO PLAY WITH THE BOYS AT SCHOOL ACXROSS TRHE STREE- WE PLAYED FOUR SQUARE AND WE LOVED TO RUN AROUND AND SWING VERY HIGH AND JUMP OUT OF THE SWINGS!