| Author | TERI |
| Date | 99/10/09/02:46 |
| Hit Count | 114 |
| BACK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PEG INTRODUCED ME TO HER, ALREADY LONG FRIENDS, DEB VANDERWARF AND DIANE RIZZONE . AT SCHOOL WE MET MORE FRIENDS TOGETHER . OUR DAILY LUNCH TABLE CONSISTED OF JOANNE MC DONALD, JENNY PAULIK, ANN CESILWITZ ( CESIL), CINDY PRICE (CHAUNCY) DEB LUX, PEG AND ME. WE EXPLORED THE SCHOOL TOGETHER . HAD FUN TOGETHER , AND GOT IN TROUBLE TOGETHER. PEG, I REMEMBER HOW AFRAID YOU WERE THEN TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE CLASS. AND HOW OVER THE YEARS YOU HAVE WORKED HARD TO GET OVER THAT FEAR. I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU AND DIANE AT MY HOUSE WHEN I HAD MY TONSILS OUT AT 16. IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF THOSE EVENTS. REMEMBER OUR TRIP TO HAWAII WITH DIANE AND MARY ELLIS, WHEN YOU TOOK THAT EMBARRASSING PICTURE OF ME? REMEMBER DRIVING TO DEKALB WITH KAREN TO WATCH LAURI WHEN SHE WAS A NEWBORN WHILE I ATTENDED BILLS GRADUATION? ( ONLY A HOUR IN A HALF RIDE). I STILL HAVE THE PENCIL SCHETCH THAT YOU DREW FOR ME OF A MOTHER AND CHILD ON A PIECE OF CARDBOARD PAPER. AS I READ THE OTHER LETTERS AND SEE THE PEG QUOTES I CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE AND EXPERIENCE YOUR EXPRESSIONS SAYING IN EXACTLY YOUR VERBAGE WHAT IS WRITTEN. I CHERISH THE MEMORIES THAT WE HAVE. YOU ARE MY FRIEND, WERE MY IN-LAW, AND MY BRIDESMAID. SOMETIMES WE LOST TOUCH FOR YEARS DUE TO BABIES OR WHATEVER, BUT LIKE A SOAP OPERA WE ALWAYS CAME BACK TOGETHER AS IF NO TIME HAD PAST. I DON'T REMEMBER US EVER MAD AT EACH OTHER. YOU, ME AND DEB. NOT MANY HAVE THE MEMORIES THAT WE HAD. IT WAS ALWAYS US THREE . WE ALWAYS INCLUDED EACH OTHER. WE COULD ALWAYS BE OURSELVES. WE UNDERSTAND EACHOTHER. THE REASON THAT I INCLUDED THE CARD OF THE THREE OLD LADIES AT YOUR WAKE WAS BECAUSE DEB HAD SENT THAT CARD TO ME SHORTLY BEFORE YOU LEFT US. IT SAID, THE BEST FRIENDS ARE OLD FRIENDS. DEB NAMED YOU, ME AND HER TO EACH OLD LADY ON THE CARD. THE FUNNY PART IS THAT THEY LOOKED LIKE HOW YOU,ME AND DEB MIGHT LOOK WHEN WE WERE AT THAT AGE. WE WERE SUPPOSE TO GROW OLD TOGETHER . I CRY ABOUT THAT, BUT THEN STOP TO THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY AND FEEL SELFISH. I WILL ALWAYS HOLD DEAR THE LADIES WEEKEND WE HAD UP AT DEBBIES. TAKING WALKS, EXERSIZING, AND TALKING TO ALL HOURS. REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE JUST IN OUR 20'S AND WE ALL WENT TO LAKE GENEVA TO THE SUGAR SHACK AND YOU, ME , AND MARY ELLIS CAME HOME WITH TATOOS? (WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?) I'M SURE YOUR KIDS WANT TATOOS NOW JUST LIKE MINE. REMEMBER THE ONION PATROL? ON A DIFFERENT NOTE I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO COOK, CUT UP, OR SAY BROCCOLI WITHOUT SAYING IT THE WAY I'VE HEARD YOU SAY IT YEARS AGO. B RO C C O L I . ( BECAUSE YOU HATED BROCCOLI) I THOUGHT IT INTERESTING YEARS LATER WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH ANNOUNCED THAT HE HATED BROCCOLI . UP TO THAT TIME I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE. I CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE IN MY HEAD NOW (B R O C C O L I ). I REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER CALLING ME IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN I BIRTHED DANNY ON 2/18/92. SHE WAS SO EXCITED AND CONGRATULATED ME FOR HAVING A BABY ON HER BABIES BIRTHDAY. IT IS A SMALL WORLD, PEG , THERE ARE 365 DAYS IN THE YEAR AND I BIRTH MY SON ON YOUR BIRTHDAY , GO FIGURE. DIANE TOLD ME THAT WHEN HER SON WAS WAKED THAT YOU WERE STANDING IN THE CORNER AND WINKED AT HER TELLING HER THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALRIGHT. SHE SAID THAT YOU MADE HER FEEL BETTER. IT MAKES ME WONDER IF YOU MAY HAD KNOWN YOUR DESTINY. IT FEELS GOOD TO WRITE PEG. I FEEL THAT YOU ARE LISTENING. I GRIEVED AT YOUR WAKE , BUT WHEN I WAS AT THE CHURCH I FELT THAT YOU WERE WITH US . I FELT STRENGTH THERE. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL TAKING CARE OF YOUR FAMILY AND ALWAYS WILL. I WILL NOT SAY GOOD BYE. JUST SEE YA! ALL MY LOVE, TERI |