Category: Family

I don’t remember how old I was when I went to my Aunt Dutch and Uncle Elmer’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, but I remember that it was held outside in their yard.  They got lots of silver dishes, cards, some money, and one Barbie like doll dressed in dollar bills.  I remember thinking that twenty-five years …

My dad was a card player. He liked to play all sorts of games. He, like me, had just one rule. “Tell me the rules before we start.” He played euchre, 500, gin, pinochle, double-deck pinochle and tonk, but most of all he liked poker and blackjack. His favorite place to play blackjack was Las …

When my sister, Sharron, and I were very young, Mom often took us to Detroit on the train for a Friday fish fry dinner.      We boarded the train in Royal Oak and got off at the Michigan Central Station in Detroit.  It was a short ride and we made it about once a …

David and Michael dated several girls in high school, college, and early in their work careers.   I liked them all but one.  Michael dated one girl for a brief time that I found unusual.   I don’t remember her name but she was focused on Michael.  Fortunately, the focus wasn’t mutual and the relationship …

  The first time that I met Lindsay she served Ruth and me at the Beach Bar in Clark Lake, MI during the late spring of 2001.   The moment that I saw her I thought of my son, David.   She had a “look” that I knew he would like.  You know the look.  …

  In 1995 I gave a journal to each of my parents as a Christmas gift and asked them to record stories from their past.   I have my father’s journal.   My request of him reads as follows: Dad – you, Uncle Harry Mac and Uncle Harry Barner have shared dozens of tales from …

      Gene’s family was a Chevy family. Mine preferred Ford. The big news of the car industry during the 50’s was “what new styles” would grace our roadways. Gene thought Chevy was best while I rooted for Ford. These preferences were developed in large part because that is what each family owned.   …