Life Review: When I interviewed my grandmother, she automatically told me how different things were back then. She mentioned that she was born in a room rather than a hospital setting. She grew up on a farm with her mother, father and all of her siblings; I think there were eight in total. His parents didn't have electricity when they were kids, and they didn't have indoor plumbing for a very long time. His parents were religious, but they didn't have time to go to church. Joyce has always been a very devoted Episcopalian, a form of Christianity. She would have to find transportation herself since her parents couldn't afford to get there. It was almost considered a luxury. In fact, she met her first husband while going to church every weekend. Family friends drove her to church and they had a son who was a few years older than her. My grandmother, Joyce, became pregnant when she was sixteen. Actually, it's not that surprising, given that her family was very conservative and sheltered her for most of her life. Growing up on the farm, she wasn't even allowed to enter the barn when the cows gave birth..