I offer glimpses about what life was like with my Italian migrant family not to be self-serving. No! There is no doubt that many of you who read these articles have lived through the same experiences. My purpose is solely to share these stories of Italian immigrant life, for the benefit of our descendants…so they know!

With that in mind, let me describe daily life, as a child, growing up in an Italian immigrant family in the 40s. They say times were tough, “certo, che le cose erano difficil!” There was the Great Depression, followed by another World War.