Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Roselawn Cemetery

 Some family reunions are cousins happily getting together, sharing stories, but funerals and burials are another kind of family reunion.  Relatives from California, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas came together to bury one of our cousins, Toni.  We all met on a cold, windy day at the Roselawn Cemetery in Crystal City.  In addition to several Waltons and Huskeys and of course Andrew, there were a lot of Longs:  Carol, Lowell (Joe), Van (Alen), Margie, Clyde, Billy, Bill, Eileen, Christine, Virginia Lee, Curtis, Ann and myself.















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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.