I fell when I was 87 and
broke my pelvis and that ended my walking days. I should have and could have continued,
but I became lazy and it was much easier to drive so drive I did. But walking
was a great time to contemplate on life, yours or someone else’s. It is
also a good time to plan and dream.
On one of those walking days I walked thru
the Catholic Cemetery in Frostburg and remembered that I had great grandparents
buried there with no stone to mark their grave so I decided to put in book form
the stones that were there. It took me over 2 years of nice weather to
finish my project and publish it. I only live a half mile from my home to
the cemetery so I always walked there and back and really enjoyed those
days.
But I enjoy my days right now. I hope that you too enjoy every day because each one is a blessing.
November, 2013
Those were the days my
friend
I thought they’d never
end!
That's me on the left, Mama, my sister Dot, and our brother Camey. I guess Dad was taking the photo.
Dot on the left, me, my best friend then and now Ollie Coleman, and Mama.
Me, my grandmother and my mother's mother Catherine Elizabeth (House) Whetstone (1865 - 1947), Mama, and my sister Dot.
Me, 1938.
You can read more of Mom's stories
here:
Part 1: Those were the days my friend, we though
they'd never endPart 2: Center Street
Part 3: Summertime on Center Street
Part 4: Mushrooms!
Part 5: Fall and Winter on Center Street
Part 6: Growing up
Part 7: Friends and neighbors, life and death on Center Street
Part 9: Brady's Creek.
Part 10: The Potomac River
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