The Jack Miller Archive

Jack and Rose Marie Live in One Room Apartment with Small Kitchen $30/Month

September 1950 – June 1951
Family
San Francisco, CA.

After the summer we traveled back to San Francisco. Jack still had two more years of school. But where were we going to live? We found a one-room apartment with a small kitchen for thirty dollars a month. Jack was now working as a manager in the school cafeteria, earning a little more money so we could afford the ten-dollar increase. I wanted my first baby to be born in the University of California Hospital, so I went to register. I was told that I couldn’t afford the eighty-dollar bill; my husband wasn’t making enough money. I replied, “If I pay twenty dollars a month until the baby is due, will you accept me?” They did and my daughter Roseann was born there. I did need this hospital. It was a difficult delivery, and I lost a lot of blood. After two weeks I developed a breast infection, and it took me many months to recover. But I was content.

Miller, Rose Marie . NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD (Kindle Locations 3359-3374). New Growth Press. Kindle Edition.