Motorcycle grandma, bet you never realized that well dressed lady behind the counter in the office was once a motorcycle driving teenager? Yep, you heard right, Mrs. Walsh was once just like all of us!
We started our interview simply, talking to her about her childhood. First, asking if she was the “good” kid or the bad kind? “I was a good kid,” she replied grinning and nodding, “but I was one of the only students/girls, at my school, to own a motorbike!” So a rebel, nevertheless…
Even though Mrs. Walsh was a good child, she still followed the trends. When she was our age, other than wearing skirts everyday (not allowed to wear pants), she wore psychedelic colors, bellbottom jeans (out of the classroom), and short skirts. In fact, we all shared a laugh, when she told us about one of her grandchildren wondering if Mrs. Walsh had wore a certain skirt when she was 7! She couldn’t comprehend that Mrs. Walsh was actually around 17!
The next thing we talked about was her school. She explained to us that her junior high was a lot smaller than Crowther, but her high school was about the same size. The clothing rule at her school, was a lot stricter than ours today, the girls had to wear skirts unless it was below 0 degrees, unlike nowadays wear girls our age stick to jeans and a tee almost everyday.
To Mrs. Walsh her grandchildren are her life. The foundation of her family is what she thrives on. The apples of her eye include: Madelyn, the hardcore Winners shopper (just like her grandma); Lexi, The trouble maker and laugh creator; Isabel, a girl who simply |
