Interview: Childhood Observation

The interview began at 11:08 am and ended at 12:14 pm. MM was born on August 22, 1935 at her parent’s house in Hammond, La and she was delivered by Dr. Eddie McGee. She has nine siblings. She speaks only English and does not speak any foreign languages and neither do her parents. She parents are not immigrants. She was twenty-one when she got her first job. She worked thirty years for the state, and is now presently working for North Oaks ER for eleven years now. She did not serve in the military. She lived on Coburn Road in Hammond, La for nineteen years of her life. After that, she has been spending the rest of her life on Gatlin Road in Hammond, La. She does have children, all of her children were born by natural birth at Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital. She received regular care, such as check-ups while pregnant and did not have any complication throughout her pregnancies. Her children are ages: 60,58,57, and 56. She also has thirteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
When MM was young things were far more different than today’s society. She explained that …show more content…
One thing I learned about her that I did not know before was that she went through the Great Depression while she was young. I also realized that many of the things we have today was not even invented when she was young and up until she was an older adult. She and most of the people living in that era had very few of the luxuries that the 21st century has now such as electricity, air conditioners, and washing machines. This will change how I care for elderly people because most see the elderly as bothersome to care for, but once someone gets to know them, they have amazing stories to share from when they were young. Overall, talking to her made me realize aspects of our history that I have not heard from first-hand experience and I am glad to have been able to hear her