Hollidays Continued

Ahh, where was I? To coin a phrase...that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone.

So that year I got the BB gun....and if you are a fan of that movie, you do know what happens next. Dad set up a target in the garage, all sorts of soft stuff around it so there would be no ricochets, we went out of the garage about 20 feet and and he showed me how to handle the weapon, how to aim and pull the trigger.....and the first shot I fired.... we think it hit a nail head on the wall, because it ricocheted straight back and hit the tear duct of my right eye!

Sigh.......

Anyhow, as you can imagine the family was more than glad to get the Christmas season done with. Then on to Valentines day, which after I was 10 or so, was just another day. Easter we did the usual hiding of Easter eggs and the obligatory Easter service. Thanksgiving was usually fun for everyone cept Mum, who hated cooking all that much.

The US Holiday's Memorial, Labor, the 4th of July, and Veterans Days were very much welcomed in our house.....the store was closed and not much in the way of seasonal merchandise to put out to get in the way.

One of those days, always meant a family outing....we only took 2 or 3 a year......the folks loved picnics....so there was usually one of those, preferably near water of some sort. Whether it was a river, lake or seaside...that didn't matter. It was just neat to have everyone relaxed. and enjoying things as a family.

Now, Mum and Dad didn't show emotions all that much....almost never showed affection in public....so was quite a shock when Kris and I found that box of letters from their courtship...because included with them were cards they had exchanged for every Holiday from year one.....Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Valentines and Easter...they were all there. One thing that struck me in reading them, was they quite often made reference to something that had happened between them in the preceding months. We never saw these cards exchanged....but there they were...year in and year out....without fail....signs to each other of their love and commitment.

Would you look at that....If you glance down the page, you can see this segment has come to an end.....I'll be darned....