Run, Lola, Run!!

Monterey California has always been one of my favorite spots on earth!! My time there on my own was a little too short.........but nevertheless, I managed to store some great memories in the two and a half years I lived there. 

First of all, for the first time in my life I got skinny!! I walked most places unless I used the city bus to get from one town to another.  And mostly my walking was done on hills.Years later I found ou...

 After running away several times and being caught I finally got smart! I could not get caught again cause the only one suffering for it was my stepfather........the Army figures if you can't control your home then how are they gonna let you run the army??  I so wasn't running away from him.  I just had had enough finally and had to break away from her......I don't even today know why I was a real thorn in her side but she just never let up!  After moving in...

After rereading the last post I decided my childhood appeared not to be much fun...........it's so not like that!! I have many fun memories mostly of the pre-seven years but I also had some in the next seven also.  When I was 8 years old I made my First Communion.......I don't think my mother wanted to give me all that time and energy but she had little choice in the matter........I'm sure she didn't want to open the door and Monsignor Vierra be standing there!! lol My tow...

I guess most folks think they have a lucky number.......like mine is 7!  I don't know that there is such a thing but there have been lots of coincidences of that number playing a role in my life.  For instance my birthday is on the 7th......I spent 7 great years with my grammas, I would spend the next 7 years with a mother from hell......and in the next 7 years I ran away from home, got 2 jobs and an apartment for two years, met my first husband and had two children a...

Everyone has their FIRST dissappointment in life.......right?  Well I was one hella spoiled little girl! I'll be the first to admit that!! "Only child" syndrome had not been invented yet but trust me had it been my picture would be right beside that one!! lol  I'm thinkin that to have waited 6 years to experience something that would make me snap outta my perfect world was extrodinary.....or to recollect it now kind of makes a tear come to my eye!  It was the fir...

I realize that most of the people that will read this know me as Lola Ann Lyle or Romero or Herron!! Damn girl can't make up your mind???.......Actually I was born Caryla Owennetta Mailelani Hussman.  I know what a mouthful huh? Trust me I will get to the Lola story later!

Well town gramma was quite the devout Catholic! We attended mass everyday while she could still drive! Remember she was in her 80's.......she drove this big c...

My country gramma was mostly Hawaiian and mixed with who knows what........my town gramma was pure Portuguese and her first husband was pure German so my maternal grandfather was part of each! Hence the phrase "melting pot"!   I have come to find out my biological father was French/Hawaiian.......OMG what a little mess I came out to be.......in modern times my nationality is just "mutt"!  It's short and sweet!

My country gramma when I was born worked at  the L...

Doesn't every good story start this way???

I have many good memories of my very early years with "country gramma" (mothers mother) and my great-grandparents, my "Pa" and "town gramma" (my mothers grandparents).Hopefully I can put some of the best times I remember into a context that will allow you all to share the laughter and the tears I feel when I go back there.......

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