10-20-30, pass it on.....

The following paragraph explaining this blog is copied directly from Patty's:

"An acquaintance in the writing community, Mary DeMuth, is doing a blog experiment to see how far-reaching blogs can be. She tagged 12 people and asked them to tag others to see how far this can go. If you decide to answer her question, either leave it as a comment on this blog or answer it in your blog and link back to hers. (http://www.relevantblog.blogspot.com/)

"The question is, what were you doing 10, 20 and 30 years ago? Here's my response:"

10 years ago:
In 1997, Geoffrey asked if his friend, Jim Fincher, could stay with us for a few days while he located a place to rent for the duration of some extended work with the US Forest Service. Of course, we said yes. Within days, his wife found a lump and needed to see a doctor. Long story, short, Carol and their two children (age 6 years and 5 months) also came to stay with us while she received medical treatment in this area. They stayed in our home for 4 months. Very soon after they moved to their own place, Edwin, Patty and 2-year-old girls came from Togo for their first real furlough. One highlight of that visit was a trip to Cannon Beach for the whole family; another was a family portrait day when David and Paige announced the expectant birth of another Wyatt due in May.

20 years ago:
Who can forget 1987? The year we tearfully said "Goodbye" to Juneau and moved to an area of the country that has roads that connect to other roads that lead to places like our parents' houses. I know, because we tested them several times. And after looking at some 200 houses for sale, we found just the right "country" house with acreage. The very night we signed the papers for that purchase, and the very minute I leaned back and put my feet up, stating, "Now we can relax," was the moment the phone rang. On the other end of the "line" (When's the last time you've heard that term?) were Patty and her fiance announcing they did not want to wait a year to get married; how did December 19 sound? So, while John shopped for a riding lawmower in mid-November and we both looked for furniture, there was always the constant thought of the pending wedding. And it was on the wedding weekend that we tested and coinedd the phrase, "Our dining table seats 13 uncomfortably." And we continue to test that theory to this day.

30 years ago
With my baby Geoffrey startiing kindergarten, I hand-made bread, knitted lots of hats, took classes in cake decorating, had time to read, study, and spend time with the creator of the beautiful land in which we lived. This was the year I met Diane Caldwell, and what one of us did not think to do, the other did. We were partners in room mothering, shopping (I loved to spend her money), took a University class in child nutrition together (Our big project was English Muffin pizza, complete with paint brushes), stood in the snow for hours at the crossroads between our residents, trying to say good bye, ignored warning signs of icy roads and tried to convince our kids we had planned the outing so we could pretend to be Swiss Family Robinson (sea weed IS edible), and giggled a lot.

I pass it on to **Geofrey, **Kay Neathery, and Dian


** Read their response in the comments.