It is tomorrow, Bryan's birthday, not today.
I dislike getting things mixed up. And I know why I got this wrong, but nobody cares.
Happy 20th birthday, Bryan, tomorrow. I'll be gone. But I'll give the birthday card to Lola.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
It's a Good Day
And today Bryan is 20. If I say he's a good boy, a nice boy, you don't know much about him. But take my word, he is those things.
He is completing his first year in college, and he works at Fred Meyer. He has a car, but he doesn't cat around in it. A responsible guy.
We have 15 grandsons, and here they are in birth order.
Shane
Patrick
Jacob
Bryan
Davis
Aaron
Noah
Nick
Logan
Clayton
Peter
Charlie
Johnny
Axel
Edmund
And the granddaughters' count.
Sarah
Cory
Anna
Caroline
Penelope
Willamina
And soon Benjamin will make the boys' list. I figure he'll be as beautiful and smart as all the rest. And I do not say that about him or the rest idly or just because I'm their grandmother. Trust me.
He is completing his first year in college, and he works at Fred Meyer. He has a car, but he doesn't cat around in it. A responsible guy.
We have 15 grandsons, and here they are in birth order.
Shane
Patrick
Jacob
Bryan
Davis
Aaron
Noah
Nick
Logan
Clayton
Peter
Charlie
Johnny
Axel
Edmund
And the granddaughters' count.
Sarah
Cory
Anna
Caroline
Penelope
Willamina
And soon Benjamin will make the boys' list. I figure he'll be as beautiful and smart as all the rest. And I do not say that about him or the rest idly or just because I'm their grandmother. Trust me.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
This day in history
Today is Clayton Oliver Scaggs's birthday. He's eleven. And he's sick. Bummer. Clayton is a sweet, smart boy with a big heart, a good heart. Remember the yoyo story?
It is also the 81st wedding anniversary of my mother and father. We on earth mark it by word and heart-felt gratitude. They are celebrating in heaven, I do believe.
When they married, my mother was 33 and my dad 41, and when I was a child I thought these were very advanced ages. Now not so. My dad had been married before and had three children, Dorothy, Don, and Patsy. I know Don and Dorothy are gone. I do not know about Patsy.
My mother had not married until she and Wilford found each other. Lola and Wilford. Theirs is a wonderful story about things that were meant to be, but I have told it elsewhere.
Together they have five children, all still alive and kicking. Janeen, Bill (Anthony Wilford), Sterling, Carol, and Lucile. That is the Brimley family. They started out in Salt Lake City and shortly after discovered Santa Monica, California, and moved there.
Praise be.
It is also the 81st wedding anniversary of my mother and father. We on earth mark it by word and heart-felt gratitude. They are celebrating in heaven, I do believe.
When they married, my mother was 33 and my dad 41, and when I was a child I thought these were very advanced ages. Now not so. My dad had been married before and had three children, Dorothy, Don, and Patsy. I know Don and Dorothy are gone. I do not know about Patsy.
My mother had not married until she and Wilford found each other. Lola and Wilford. Theirs is a wonderful story about things that were meant to be, but I have told it elsewhere.
Together they have five children, all still alive and kicking. Janeen, Bill (Anthony Wilford), Sterling, Carol, and Lucile. That is the Brimley family. They started out in Salt Lake City and shortly after discovered Santa Monica, California, and moved there.
Praise be.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
The News of the Day
This widow is preparing to go across country to Pennsylvania, where, I just heard on the radio, they will get 10 to 12 inches of snow today. My travel plans have not included snow, but they had better. I could hope winter would go away, but why? I have no power over these things.
My travel purpose is to be there for the birth of my grandson, whose mother Alyce calls bbl (for baby boy Larsen) but whose name will be Benjamin Saxby Larsen. I'm excited and happy and hopeful and thankful for this boy, and so is every member of my family.
Back to the weather. I do hope it will not interfere with my plans. Today, so the news report said, thousands of flights have been canceled.
No value in worrying about that now.
My travel purpose is to be there for the birth of my grandson, whose mother Alyce calls bbl (for baby boy Larsen) but whose name will be Benjamin Saxby Larsen. I'm excited and happy and hopeful and thankful for this boy, and so is every member of my family.
Back to the weather. I do hope it will not interfere with my plans. Today, so the news report said, thousands of flights have been canceled.
No value in worrying about that now.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
My dad
I have finished reading my dad's life history.
Here's what I know.
He was a loving man. He loved people, and he loved his work. I'm pretty sure he love Lola. He loved his children, I think especially when they were babies. And he loved his grandbabies.
Lynne--my dad called her Lynnie--called him Grandpa Lovababy. It's a great name for him.
Here's what I know.
He was a loving man. He loved people, and he loved his work. I'm pretty sure he love Lola. He loved his children, I think especially when they were babies. And he loved his grandbabies.
Lynne--my dad called her Lynnie--called him Grandpa Lovababy. It's a great name for him.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
My Dad's Non-journal
I have finished
reading my dad's "Life History," which he said he wrote because of my urgings. That would have been in about 1961.
This history is brief and has many gaps, but I have learned some things about my dad and have come to know him better than I did. Of course, when I was young, he was just my dad, and I didn't always appreciate him. Now I can see him more clearly because I'm more out of the way.
He was a successful insurance salesman. Very successful and well respected by those he worked with and worked for. Often he mentions placing a policy with someone, and so on.
I have begun making my way through the photographs and the copies of letters and talks included in this history.
This history is brief and has many gaps, but I have learned some things about my dad and have come to know him better than I did. Of course, when I was young, he was just my dad, and I didn't always appreciate him. Now I can see him more clearly because I'm more out of the way.
He was a successful insurance salesman. Very successful and well respected by those he worked with and worked for. Often he mentions placing a policy with someone, and so on.
I have begun making my way through the photographs and the copies of letters and talks included in this history.
This is not his journal. Several times in this history he mentions his journal, as in he would go write in his journal. I suppose Sterling has that. Anyway, Janeen transcribed this history and gave it as a Christmas gift, and I'm glad to have it.
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