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Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Notes from Jeannie
Went to Yeocomico for Homecoming last weekend, and driving home I wondered what the hell I was doing living in Rocky Mount when your Daddy's and my roots are all in Tidewater.
I felt desolate so far from kin and without him to comfort me. He was such a warm place to turn to when things were bleak. I haven't forgotten that I have three wonderful daughters close by, but it is also nice to share memories with your own generation who knew you as a child and as a young person. Anyway, I am so grateful for my kids and please know it and trust that it is true.
I saw ,in addition to those I have kept up with, some dear cousins I have not seen for more than 40 years, but who I saw all the time as a child and teen and young adult. We got remembering my grandparents and our parents and what characters they could be. It was such fun. We were sitting on Tayloe's terrace looking at the Potomac on a sparkling day. Maryland across the way, of course. He has about a mile of waterfront there. The farm has been put in the nature conservancy and other than two homes, cannot ever be further developed. My cousin, Lloyd Griffith, who owns the adjoining farm with almost as much waterfront, has also put his place in the conservancy. It is so wonderful to know that something will not be destroyed by development and populated by DC retirees with no connections to the Northern Neck. Danny will know the area - it is right near Sandy Point. As far as I am concerned, Williamsburg has been absolutely ruined by development.
Have started another weight loss regime. One can only hope I will be as disciplined as Vicki.
Another reason not to eat out.
Has anyone heard from Danielle? Keith? I keep feeling we are losing Danielle.
Love to and for our family. Jeannie
I felt desolate so far from kin and without him to comfort me. He was such a warm place to turn to when things were bleak. I haven't forgotten that I have three wonderful daughters close by, but it is also nice to share memories with your own generation who knew you as a child and as a young person. Anyway, I am so grateful for my kids and please know it and trust that it is true.
I saw ,in addition to those I have kept up with, some dear cousins I have not seen for more than 40 years, but who I saw all the time as a child and teen and young adult. We got remembering my grandparents and our parents and what characters they could be. It was such fun. We were sitting on Tayloe's terrace looking at the Potomac on a sparkling day. Maryland across the way, of course. He has about a mile of waterfront there. The farm has been put in the nature conservancy and other than two homes, cannot ever be further developed. My cousin, Lloyd Griffith, who owns the adjoining farm with almost as much waterfront, has also put his place in the conservancy. It is so wonderful to know that something will not be destroyed by development and populated by DC retirees with no connections to the Northern Neck. Danny will know the area - it is right near Sandy Point. As far as I am concerned, Williamsburg has been absolutely ruined by development.
Have started another weight loss regime. One can only hope I will be as disciplined as Vicki.
Another reason not to eat out.
Has anyone heard from Danielle? Keith? I keep feeling we are losing Danielle.
Love to and for our family. Jeannie
Thursday, October 8, 2009
THE BIRTHDAY MONTH!
We are getting slower & slower about posted birthday congrats to dear loved ones. So: Happy Birthday to DANIELLE, KEVIN, KEITH, KATIE & PACIE! Hope your special day is wonderful. The whole clan is thinking of you! Especially the "old ladies"!
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