Stephen Miller PETERSON

                       THIS WAS MY SWEET GRANDMOTHER, THE ONLY ONE THAT I REALLY KNEW.  SHE WAS
    MY BUDDY.  WHEN MY PARENTS WOULD GO ON VACATION I WOULD STAY WITH HER AND
    GRANDFATHER AT THEIR HOME AT 1335 SOUTH 900 EAST IN SALT LAKE.  SHE LET
    ME HELP HER CAN PEACHES ONE YEAR WHILE THEY WERE GONE. SHE TOUGHT ME HOW
    TO BRAID ON HER AFGHAN THAT SAT ON THE BACK OF THEIR SOFA.  I HAD BATHS
    IN AN OLD WASH TUB IN THE PARLOR IN FRONT OF THE WOOD BURNING STOVE SO
    I WOULDN'T GET COLD.  SHE ALWAYS KEPT A LARGE CROCK FOR PICKLES WITH
    PEANUT BUTTER SANDWITCHES IN FOR ME SO I COULD EAT THEM ANY TIME I WANTED.
    WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTRY SCHOOL AT EMERSON, SOMETIMES I WOULD STOP BY HER
    PLACE AND EAT SOME ONIONS THAT SHE HAD GROWING IN THE BACK YARD FOR SHE
    ALWAYS KEPT A SHAKER OF SALT WHERE I COULD USE IT.  THERE WAS A PLAY HOUSE
    THAT I COULD PLAY IN AND SOMETIMES SHE WOULD EVEN PLAY IN THERE WITH ME.
    SHE WAS BORN THE TENTH CHILD IN HER FAMILY AND HER PARENTS ALWAYS CALLED
    HER THEIR TITHING CHILD. SHE HAD A WONDERFUL SUPPLY OF PUZZLES, AND WE WOULD
    SPEND HOURS ON END PUTTING PUZZLES TOGETHER.
    SHE WAS A SWEET LOVING GRANDMOTHER.  AFTER I GOT MARRIED I WOULD CALL HER
    EVERYDAY ON THE TELEPHONE AND WE WOULD HAVE SUCH A GOOD TALK. WHILE WE WERE
    BUILDING OUR NEW HOME AT 4933 SOUTH 1065 EAST IN SALT LAKE CITY, SHE WAS
    SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT THIS WONDERFUL NEW HOUSE WOULD HAVE THREE BATHROONS.
    EVERY DAY SOMETIMES DURING OUR CONVERSATION SHE WOULD SAY, "HOW MANY BATHROOMS
    ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE?"  TO WHICH I WOULD ANSWER.  "I,VE TOLD YOU, WE ARE
    BUILDING THREE."  SHE WOULD REPLY.  "NOBODY NEEDS THREE BATHROOMS."  (THE HOUSE
    SHE RAISED HER SIX CHILDREN IN ONLY HAD ONE BATHROOM.)  ONE DAY AS I WAS
    TALKING TO HER, THE BATHROOM QUESTION CAME UP AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME I SAID,
    "GRANDMA, HOW MANY HOLES DID YOU HAVE IN YOUR OUTHOUSE WHEN YOU WERE GROWING
    UP?"  I KNEW THE ANSWER BECAUSE MANY TIMES SHE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT HER OUTHOUSE
    AND THE FACT THAT IT HAD FOUR HOLES, THREE FOR THE ADULTS, AND A VERY SMALL ONE
    FOR THE BABIES.)  IN HER SWEET EXCITED VOICE SHE STARTED IN ON THE STORY OF THE
    OUTHOUSE.  "WE HAD FOUR HOLES IN THE OUTHOUSE, ONE FOR PAPA, ONE FOR MAMA, ONE
    FOR THE CHILDREN, AND EVEN ONE VERY SMALL ONE FOR THE BABIES."  TO WHICH I
    REPLIED,  "GRANDMA, THATS ONE MORE TOILET THAN I AM GOING TO HAVE IN MY NEW
    HOME."  SHE NEVER AGAIN TOLD ME I WAS GO