And being allowed to climb trees and build a tree house.
BB guns, even had a single shot 22 at 12
Milking cows at 5:00 AM and cleaning the stalls before school.
And having whipped cream on everything.
45 minute ride on the school bus to high school
Actually having to kill and pluck the chickens for dinner
And oh yes, the older girls up the street that taught me all kinds of neat things.
And our local doctor also did house calls and had the little paper envelopes with the pills.
Cod liver oil
All these and yet somehow we grew up healthy