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Almost 70 years ago Clyda and Veon were married. That union is why we are all here. This blog is created to capture our thoughts and help us get to know each other better. There will be a new question posted each Sunday until December. Please use contributors first names only. If you are posting anonymously please add your first name to the text. Enjoy!
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Attention everyone...Marilyn has a WEB PAGE !! You can check it out at www.marilynsmithartist.com!
Nicole, please publish the following disclaimer in a prominent place:
I hesitated to make long narratives with these posts, but Nicole said she might put the whole blog thing into a book form someday, and I could use this as a forum for writing for my kids and grandkids. I can’t pass up an opportunity like that. So rather than bore you, feel free to skip anything you’re not interested in or don’t want to be bothered to read. Sonja
Note from Nicole:
I am happy to do this for anybody that is interested. I am enjoying hearing from each of you and would love to hear from more. Thanks Sonja for taking the time to work on this and giving us an opportunity to get to know you better.
Kids from Lt to Rt:Marilyn, Barbara, Veon Jr., Gladys, Gerald, Evan. Clyda and Veon in the Middle.
Sonja
Ve's Wife
Nicole
Glady's Youngest
Marilyn
The Youngest Daughter
Evan
"The Baby"
Daphne
Glady's Oldest
Clyda
6 comments:
I remember the * Kenenedy assaination in 1963-I was in 6th grade.
* The news about Pres. Nixon being tossed out of office.
* The Vietnam war ending
*The Desert storm stuff--Wolf wanted to rejoin and almost got his wish, but the war ended.
*Princess Diana's death
* 9/11/01--I was outside walking Shags by the school and a teacher told me that "something was going on in New York and I shouold watch the news". I had to keep Shags an extra few days because his owners were stuck in Alaska on a island with no news and could only be flown out by private plane.
* Colin Powell announcing the WMD and looking highly uncomfortable saying it.
Marilyn
I remember "Baby Jessica" from when I was a little kid. I also remember a news story, and of course a made for television movie, about a boy whose abusive father lit a hotel room on fire where he and his mother were sleeping. "Mr. Gorbachaf, tear down this wall!" I had written a report (the most awful school experience which ruined me from libraries for a long time) about East Berlin in sixth grade. I believe the wall came down within the year. Bush and Ducacus debate in fourth grade. The first Iraq War beginning while I was taking a placement exam for Junior High in the grade school cafeteria. The Columbine shootings. And most recently, 9-11, of course, the Tsunami, Katrina, the sniper shootings, and the Trolley Square shootings. Wow, not too many happy stories. No wonder I get anxiety.
Mindy
When I was quite young, l heard about a wealthy boy named Bobby Greenleaf who had been kidnapped and held for ransome. They eventually found him dead - chopped up, I think. It worried me until mother explained that because we didn't have any money no one would ever bother to kidnap any of us.
Sonja
-Challenger space shuttle. Our principal announced it over the intercom and we watched it in class. I was really sad for the kids that lost their mother. The news kept showing their family picture over and over.
-September 11 this one still feels really close. I ache for the families that were affected by that sires of events.
I'm surprised that all the Utahns (?) didn't bring up Elizabet Smart because that is an amazing story to me. Recently, the Shawn Hornbeck story (the boy who was found living with a pizza dude after missing for many years)really had an impact too. I like these stories because they signify hope and never giving up. In third grade I remember the Challenger exploding because my teacher was the second-runner-up to be on that shuttle and we were watching it live during class.
1. The Challenger Explosion: I remember Shannon's teacher had applied to be the teacher going into space, so I was more aware than I might have been otherwise. I remember being in band when the announcement came on. Some kids had talked about it earlier and I thought they were kidding. You'll see a theme there with the next one on my list...
2. 9/11/01: How could this not be on everyone's list? I was driving to the nursing home I worked at and did a double take on the date, thinking it might have been April Fool's Day. So apparently my first inclination when something tragic happens at that magnitude is to think it's a joke. It was so hard to work because patients were glued to their televisions, and I had to put it out of my head to motivate them. It all really hit me about 2 days later after Chris told me that people were freaking out in DC when FEMA planes were flying overhead.
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