What You've Said!

There is a reason to have your children when you’re young.

Drew "Dip" Page

Your responses to the questionnaire have been great fun for us to read as we prepare the book.

There have been lots of comments about grandchildren and the joy they bring -- or is it a second childhood for us? George and Mary Todd P. are on their annual trip this week with three grandchildren -- no parents. I have had these two charmers at my house for 26 months now. Carolee sent the BEST photo which defines her days -- you'll have to wait to see it.

There have been indications of having traveled, wanting to travel and going to travel, but little indication of where you've been and fewer anecdotes about leaving a passport at home, being pursued by a gypsy cheese vendor in France, having tea on a blue silk cushion with a Buddhist monk in Japan, being seasick while deep-sea fishing in Puerto Rico or watching the sun come up across the Atlantic with old high school friends. I could tell you ALL those things, but then you would have to share your stories.

Some of you paint or crochet or create things in wood, clay or metal. There are not many pictures. Don Patterson sent the best photos of his days. Or maybe it was Herb Clark. Or possibly Judy Little Murphy . . . . and then there are the black and white photos in batches from several people -- stuff from the 50s and 60s . . . .

We have a tough job ahead. The book will have about a 1/2 page for each person and a directory in the back of all 375 on our roll. Someone called it the Memory Book. I like that. If you think of more memories you'd like to share. There is still time.

Photo: Lucy and Belle on the way to the St. Patrick's Day Parade. They are granddaughters of Annette Adams Bush and the late Henry Bush.

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