Last week I introduced you to the Schmidtke girls. Now I would like you to meet the Demeter boys aka my Dad, and his brothers.

Julianna Demeter and her boys early 30's

Julianna was my paternal grandmother. She is pictured above with her sons from left to right Joe, Alec, and Mike. Alec was my Dad. At the time of this writing my grandmother, father, and uncle Mike have all passed on.

The photo was taken in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where they first emigrated to. Originally the family was from Nyirbeltek, Hungary. I think my Dad was five when he first came to Canada.

These boys all grew up during the Great Depression. When I would ask my Dad about those times he would say that they had very little. He had one pair of shoes, and he had to take great care of them because whether he outgrew them or not they were all he had.

He also recalled a lot of fun times, and people who genuinely would look out for each other. People were all in the tough times together. Or at least that was the impression that he had given to me of what life was like back then.

I think growing up in that era shaped who he was as an adult. I remember my Dad always looking for the best bargains, haggling, stocking up when he could on all staple items, while at the same time being very generous with all those around him. He really was the give you the shirt off of his back type.

Today's news of crashing stock markets, and recession make me recall my own Dad's memories of the Great Depression. I wonder if people today would be as kind, and as giving of what they could as my Dad had remembered people were back then........

Thank you to Abbey for putting together Nostalgic Saturday.