The River Road

There was a gravel road that went near the Kaw River and was scenic. My uncle Percy had a cabin on it. My mother loved the road. When I was about 4 or 5 and not in school my mother liked to go on rides. She took along the minister's wife and their son Ernie who was a year younger than I was. One nice day we went out for a ride. Ernie fell out of the car (we weren't going fast.) I tried to get my mother's attention and when I told them Ernie fell out we went back. He was sitting there crying. I did not push him. Later on this same road I taught my husband to drive. He drove us into a ditch and we had to be be pulled out by a farmer and his tractor. A lot had happened lately at my house. My niece Jean was born and Helen, my sister, had an accident. My sister and sister-in-law were in different hospitals and people sent cards to the wrong hospital so my sister-in-law got cards saying "sorry to hear about your accident." My sister-in-law did not think it was funny. My sister and sister-in-law had the same name as my brother married a Helen. I wanted to tell my parents in person about ending up in the ditch so they could see I was not hurt.