Ellen, Buckley and I checked into a room at the Sportsmen’s Lodge on Friday, Sept. 15. That’s our mom’s birthday, so Ellen and I called her up — and found that she and Dad were in the room three floors directly beneath ours. Buck, Ellen and I went to meet Mom and Dad at the coffee shop, where they were visiting with my mom’s brother and sister-in-law, Al and Anne. It was fun catching up with everyone, but we’d only just begun.
After a short visit, Ellen, Buck and I drove to the grocery store. We got a birthday cake for Mom, and another for our sister Marsha, who had a birthday the week before. We drove to a nearby Chinese restaurant called Bamboo where about 25 or 30 family members had gathered, and we sneaked the cakes to the hostess. The restaurant served a wonderful dinner, and we got to catch up with siblings, parents, nephews and niece, aunts and uncles and cousins. » Read the rest of this entry »
