{"id":1502,"date":"2026-10-31T17:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1502"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:28:35","slug":"family-shared-places","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1502","title":{"rendered":"Places shared across generations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">Roling family<\/a> \u203a Places shared across generations<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">Family accounts and newspaper reports, with their original qualifications and sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"places-shared-across-generations\"><h2>Places shared across generations<\/h2>\n<section id=\"family-story-sunday-afternoons-at-prairie-hill\"><h3>Sunday afternoons at Prairie Hill<\/h3><p>The Prairie Hill farm belonged to more than Bridget&#8217;s childhood. In her memoir, she recalled that after her parents died, Bob told her he would like to buy the farm if it was sold. When her brothers decided to sell, Bob and Bridget bought the farm. Their children then had their own turn to enjoy it: Sunday afternoons meant running, exploring and riding a go-cart. It is a small scene that joins two generations of family life on the same ground\u2014Bridget&#8217;s years growing up there and her children&#8217;s afternoons of play.<\/p><p class=\"source-note\">Source: Bridget Morrison Roling, handwritten memoir, p. 33.<\/p><\/section>\n<section id=\"family-story-the-stove-came-first\"><h3>The stove came first<\/h3><p>Bridget remembered moving from Poverty Ridge on a cold, windy, blustery day. Her mother wrapped her in a quilt and tucked her into a corner of the wagon bed. The journey to the new farm seemed long. On arrival, the first job was not unpacking everything: it was setting up the cookstove and getting a fire going so the family could warm up. Only then came the wagons, beds and belongings. By the end of a long day of work, they were settled in. That fall she began attending Pleyer School.<\/p><p class=\"source-note\">Source: Bridget Morrison Roling, handwritten memoir, pp. 27\u201328.<\/p><\/section>\n<section id=\"family-story-sunday-letters-from-the-kitchen-table\"><h3>Sunday letters from the kitchen table<\/h3><p>With four sons serving during World War II, Bridget&#8217;s mother made time on Sunday afternoons to sit at the kitchen table and write to them all. Bridget remembered the replies arriving in bunches. Some letters from Tony and Walt had words cut out, a visible reminder of how much could not be said in wartime mail. The memory places the family kitchen beside the military record: a mother writing, waiting and keeping her sons connected to home.<\/p><p class=\"source-note\">Source: Bridget Morrison Roling, handwritten memoir, p. 20.<\/p><\/section>\n<section id=\"family-story-back-to-the-coast\"><h3>Back to the coast<\/h3><p>During their stay in Alabama after Bob returned from overseas, Bridget remembered trips to the coast whenever he could get a three-day pass. Decades later, Tim took her on another coastal vacation. The shore had changed so much that she could scarcely believe it. They eventually found a state park where the younger Bridget could reach the water, and they collected shells. In her account, the outing joins memories of travel with Bob to another family&#8217;s day at the sea.<\/p><p class=\"source-note\">Source: Bridget Morrison Roling, handwritten memoir, pp. 14\u201315.<\/p><\/section>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">\u2190 Roling family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1510\">Roling stories<\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Roling family \u203a Places shared across generations Family accounts and newspaper reports, with their original qualifications and sources. Places shared across generations Sunday afternoons at Prairie Hill The Prairie Hill farm belonged to more than Bridget&#8217;s childhood. 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