Friday December 15, 2006

Gloria’s 6th Birthday

I love going to our grandchildren’s birthday parties!

I also treasure their cards and artwork.

She gave us these cards when we arrived tonight.

Finally it was time to open the present from her parents.

Do you think she is pleased with what she sees?

Her very own suitcase – something she has wanted for quite awhile.  Now she is anxious to come to our place for her birthday overnight stay and visit to Chuck E. Cheeses.

Another birthday is coming to a close – and she is on her way to age 7.

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I’m trying to remember my 6th birthday.  That would have been 1950.  I was in first grade, and walked half a mile – usually by myself – to a one room schoolhouse.  My dad had just taken over the family farm and we had recently moved into the main part of the farm house.  I had only one brother at the time. 

Now we live next to that one room schoolhouse, which has been turned into a residence.  In some ways that seems like a long time ago – then again, it doesn’t seem that far away.