Birthday in July

 Birthday in July.

I was born on July forth, 1938.  It was at the very tail end of the great depression.  Roosevelt saw that things were looking up so he removed many of the programs that aided people to get back on their feet.  Unfortunately his action was premature.

  My father had just gotten a job in January just a few weeks before the bottom dropped out again.  My folks were so confident that they bought all new furniture to replace the "orange crates" .  They took out a 90 day loan to pay for the furniture.  Then dad lost his job as the downturn started.  And mom was pregnant with me.

The loan was due just before the end of June.  Since dad could not come up with the cash to pay off the loan the finance company repossessed the furniture on July first, just three days before I was born. With no furniture in the house dad had to borrow a bed from a neighbor so that I did not have to be born on the floor.  (no joke )

  My birth was uneventful and mom came through just fine.  Since the folks had no money they could not afford the $5 fee for a doctor to make a house call to perform my circumcision.

The rest is history