Congratulations to Grand-daughter Keely (and Pedro) on the birth of a bouncing baby girl. Keely lives in Cleveland but the pictures were transmitted almost immediately. That makes Chris and Shelby grandparents. Welcome to the club. Wait, that makes Mom and I great-grandparents (for the second time). The little girl will be named Myla which I understand eminated from Mom’s Mom (Nana) whose first name was Lyla. What a nice tribute. It sounds like everyone is healthy and wholesome.
Grandson Grant in Madison has been lobbying for his own “junker car”. Ah yes, I remember it well. I got my first junker when I was 16 years old. It was a 1947 Oldsmobile with “slushomatic” drive (the first hydromatic transmission). The car was a heavy, gas guzzlinng piece of “crap” but that didn’t matter. The car was mine. It gave me the freedom to “come and go” as I pleased. The freedom was an illusion. The car was part of my “independence puzzle”. I have a lot of great memories of that piece of crap.
Grant got his “junker” car in Chicago. As I understand it, it is a 1996 Camray with 151,000 miles. It needs a few things to be fixed on the inside but the Toyota Camray should be good for another 100,000 miles. So Grant is free?
Grasshopper No.4 is getting son Tommy interested in golf. Tommy is about the age that I was when my Dad began taking me along to the golf course. It took me several years, but eventually I could “beat the old man” on a pretty regular basis. My Dad actually became General Manager of the Hickory Hills golf course in Chilton for a few years when I was in high school. That meant I could golf for free anytime. We will have to see how long it takes for Tommy to beat his “old man”.
The family continues to make new memories.
Love,
Dad