Even when I’m writing about the good life we had growing up in the 50’s and 60’s in Bandera I am always aware that there were tragedies and disasters along the way too. Floods, droughts, car wrecks and tragic accidents were a part of our lives and we shared the grief of our friends and neighbors when some misfortune fell on their family. I think community support ranked high among the many blessings we had in our small town life. Unlike when something happened in bigger cities, our whole town felt the impact.
The historic flood of 1978 and the most ...