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Way Back Machine - Summer 1946
Photo by Wilma Blankenship
In the first summer after the long agony of World War II, my mom's family packed up the '39 Ford and set out on a road trip to Canada. I can only imagine the sense of exuberance and relief that the country was experiencing at that time.
To have the open road in your windshield with so much promise for the future ahead... putting behind the fear and uncertainly brought on by years of war and the depression... that is something that seems beyond description.
I imagine my grandfather here, smiling with his wife as they watch their three young daughters having fun with such endeavors as taking photos of each other climbing on signs... pride and joy in his heart, and a sense of peace in his mind.
But, as is life, even the happiest times are not without worries. Also in the back of my grandfather's mind was the rumor that they overheard at a diner in Virginia that the border to North Carolina was sealed off due to the widespread Polio epidemic. A rumor that turned out to be false... but a reminder that the happy moments in life should never be taken for granted.
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