Born in a little town in Pennsylvania, Mae Marion was one of six children. She kept herself amused with a wild imagination, and frequent romps singing and dancing through the hills of her family’s ...view moreBorn in a little town in Pennsylvania, Mae Marion was one of six children. She kept herself amused with a wild imagination, and frequent romps singing and dancing through the hills of her family’s various homes. Farm work was hard and long, but Mae and her siblings managed to have a lot of fun. When her parents bought their own farm she met her future husband and was married a couple years later. His father had the ajoining farm. They moved to Erie and got jobs. As the years went by she became the mother of six children. After the first four were born they moved back on the farm. The children had room to grow and play safely. At least she thought so. Since she was familiar with living on a farm the move was less trumatic for all of them . She could teach the children. Aside from being a mother she went back to school to learn accounting and did that for six years. Then became an aide. She loved caring for people. This kept her busy and then the grand children came along. She always heard that to raise kids you had have a lot of love and to walk softly and carry a big stick. But she couldn’t stop laughing long enough to pick one up.view less