Those times were BP, Before Penicillin, and there were a number of serious childhood illnesses, which were expected for most children, like rites of passage. I only know from being told that my first severe illness, which had to have included some pain, was a kidney infection when I was just a baby. I don’t know how this was treated, but the after-effects would follow me into my teens due to my mother’s lifelong concern for my plumbing
I have been an elder or, speaking politically correctly, a senior citizen for some time now, taking advantage of discounts for concert and movie tickets and playing the age card when all other attempts at persuasion fail.
On May 27, 1945, when the German army surrendered to the Allied Forces, world WWII was officially over for all of Europe, including my seven-year-old self, my 2-year old brother, my mother, and my Aunt Erna.
The Rock That Swallows Mothers
Constantly by Cliff Richard or How I Learned English
Bucktooth