All of my life growing up at the Hendricks House , my grandma Taylor used to collect all of her pennies for months and give them to Verda Taylor my brother and I.

We stored them in a large glass water container that had to of been from the 1950's.  The container got so heavy over the years that it was so difficult to even lift.

So finally when I was in 8th grade, my brother, nicholas Azzaro and I counted them all up in my basement.

The total amount from pennies was roughly 400 dollars!  We spent all day counting them and the bank thought we were insane!

What an interesting thing for my grandmother, Verda Taylor to do.  Her growing up through the great depression sets precedence with what the true value of money is.

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My mom was a lunch lady and always made me finish my lunch. She also wouldn't allow me to trade a crappy lunch item for an upgraded delicious item.

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I have 3 sisters: 1 older and 2 younger. I'm the only dude in my family so I get blessed with all the yard work. One of my sisters passed when I younger. Her name was kimberly and passed 2 weeks before my birthday and 2 weeks after hers.

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From (Growing up Through Elementary School) Original Memory Interview Question

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I played a lot of tag on the big toy down at Burt School. I also played a lot of pocket pool.

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I used to love playing out in the rain every once and a while. I would just get really wet and wouldnt do much in particular.

When it was snowy out, some of the greatest memories occurred while snowboarding and sleding. We would always go up to the E.L.E.I.A and sled and snowboard down these awesome hills.

I remember making huge snowmen in elementary school during recess.

Pretty standard kid stuff in bad weather. But we received a lot of bad weather in Michigan.

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