There’s my dad, smiling on another summer day. Here’s Jay and Heidi, 1988. Here’s a beautiful old photo: Jay is the baby on his mom’s lap. Beside him are Meril and Todd, on his dad’s lap. Here’s my mother in law’s father, John, playing cards with our John. These are my mother’s grandparents, with me […]
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The host and hostess: Thank you so much for hosting this wildly anticipated occasion once again. It was great. I love you all. Love, Val, aka Grandma, aka MOM
These little figurines were in a cabinet in the dining room that Dan and Alicia’s little boy could not stop fiddling with. Dan scolded him a couple times, but irresistible. My mom said later that she put things on the low shelves that kids could handle without worry. And this weird little scene in
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This is an old game, played by throwing a ball over the little log cabin while yelling, “Annie Over!’ I’m not sure on the rules, but if the other team catches it, then they run around the cabin and throw it at someone and if they hit them then they’re out. Or they have to
Yeah, people who are in Florida when it’s 3 degrees F here. That would be my parents and Kirby. That’s okay. Have a wonderful week, you guys. love always, The rest of us
Here we go, a fine, somewhat blurry picture of the cake. It was delicious, but no surprises there. Here’s dad and a grandchild blowing out candles: And opening gifts: We met back when you were like twenty one years old and I was zero, so we’ve known each other a very long time. Thank you
There he is, my dad, smiling for me upon request. Some of us went over there tonight, ate ice cream cones, ran around. It was a nice night, perfect weather, perfect evening sunshine. This was earlier today at the lake, in the rain: It’s a sandwich maker we’re excited to try out. That’s James, forced
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On Friday, Dannell and I exchanged texts about when we could get together. After she texted me the Friday schedule, my only response was, “Wow.” Poor Dannell, she texted back, “What do you mean by, “Wow?” Nothing except a befuddled feeling, like Wow. What could possibly work here? So I proposed to her that me
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My parents hosted this party again this year. Everyone came, and it was great. Lydia was a crazy cat lady, and James came up with his costume shortly before we left, shoved a pillow under his shirt, and looked pretty ridiculous, his skinny self with a big belly. He teased his girlfriend, “Someday this is
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