Friday, November 28, 2008

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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Memorial for Sharon (Bunny) Mcclellan Hodge Taylor


Yesterday was quite a day. Mother and I attended a funeral for a good friend at our church in Elma. It was a great service with lots of input from his family.
We returned from there about 11:45 or so and picked up the items we needed (food and gas) and then headed directly for Tacoma - 6th avenue - where we attended a memorial for my first cousin, Bunny, as we always called her. It was years before I found out her actual first name was Sharon.
The gathering room at her mother, Adeline's place seemed small with more than 50 people gathered in it - probably closer to 100. Many people paid great respect to her with their childhood tales and also the tales of her adult years. She always loved a good story and loved to play pranks on other people.
I remember one time we were visiting her family when I was around 14 years of age. She was just 5 months younger than I so we were really of an age although I was a year ahead of her in school so thought I was much older. We were visiting them in a small town - not sure which one as they lived in several. There was a horse on their property; he was as wild as a march hare. Bunny dared me to ride it and so I did. I knew nothing about riding horses, the horse had no saddle, no reins no nothing except a mane of hair for me to hang on to. I climbed up on a very large rock and somehow got on top of that horse. He took off at what seemed like 100 miles an hour. I hung on for dear life but when he decided to make a very sharp turn to the right I made a very sharp turn to the left, or so it seemed. Needless to say I was a little sore for a few days and didn't ride another horse for a long time and never again without a saddle and reins. In the meantime Bunny and some of her siblings were having a very good laugh at my expense. I did not see the funny side of it at that time and can just barely laugh about it now.
Bunny had a sense of humor to the day she passed away.
It was so great to see her mother and siblings and two of her children, Ken and Don Hodge. Both live back East and work in different capacities for the Government.
The moment I saw them I knew they were hurting but had their emotions well under control.
Their demeanor and soft spoken ways showed what wonderful men they had grown to be.
They have worked hard in their family, employment and in their Church and I, for one, am very proud of them. Even more though, I am proud of Bunny for obviously doing such a great job as their mother. I will post some pictures tomorrow.
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Friday, November 21, 2008

Neil's Birthday


Maddy and Elisa celebrating their dad's birthday. They are pretty strong girls.
More pictures in slide show below.











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Monday, November 17, 2008

Write to a Service Man or Woman

GREAT IDEA!! When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card (or More) and send it to this address. If everyone sends one card,think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get.
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following:

Holiday Mail for Heroes
PO Box 5456
Capitol
Heights, MD 20791-5456

Must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, December 10, 2008

We can also write to Recovering American Soldiers at this address:
(They also need our mail)

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001

(You can change Soldier to Marine, Sailor, Airman, Army or Coast Guard

I just printed out two sheets of address labels and plan to send them some Christmas Cards with a little note inside thanking them for their service.
http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isFlash=0
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Canning Season is about Over

I really got behind. Canning season is slowing down now and will soon come to a halt.
We finished the apples and I am canning some potatoes for soups and stews and then I will be done for a while until I decide to make more soup; that will be later this winter.
I am now trying to play catch-up on the quilts for several great grandchildren that I need to finish and send to them and others.
Nothing fancy - just warm.

We gained a new G-Granddaughter, Brekia Lloyd. I believe that makes 17 G-Grandchildren
Congratulations to you Amanda and to Grant and Rhonda, the proud Grandparents.
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Uncle Ralph

June 25th - As most of you know, Ralph had a complete hip replacement over a week ago and is mending pretty well we think. The first surgery was not healing right - it was crooked so they decided to finally do this surgery. He should be much better off once it is completely healed.
It was quite an ordeal for him
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As most of you know, my brother Ralph was in a horrible car accident yesterday morning (Sat Apr 19th) Actually it was about 1 o'clock in the morning. He was on his paper route and driving along about 60 miles an hour he said when a car came over the hill and was in his lane. He had no time to do anything; the car just hit him head on.
We are all feeling fortunate that Ralph is still with us. He was hurt quite badly with several broken bones. However, he didn't lose consciousness, which means a lot and he is trying to keep his spirits up which means a lot.
Neil kindly drove mom and I to the hospital in Tacoma yesterday and we stayed there and visited with his family until he was out of surgery and then out of the recovery room. We did get to visit with him for a while in his room. He is in a lot of pain but they have changed his pain medication now and it is helping him.

Here is his address if you would like to send him a card which I know he would enjoy receiving.
Ralph R. Dahlberg Room 516 J Wing
Tacoma General Hospital
315 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
PO BX 5299
Tacoma, WA . 98415

Time Goes by

This past Friday night I rode with Neil and Maddy to the Elma Football Field to watch two of our grandsons play soccer.
Jesse Burbidge (Cindy & Arlin's) played for the Elma soccer team and did a great job. Dalton Newell (Eldon & Candy's) played for Tumwater. He did a great job also but was limited on the time he could play as he was plagued with a nosebleed.
It brought back a lot of memories of past football games. Eldon, Gordon, Garth, Aaron, Josh and Dan all played football for Elma. They loved it with a passion. I loved going to the games and rooting for the boys.
How quickly time passes. It seemed so strange to be there at the football field watching my children's children play. I don't get to go very often but enjoy it when I do.
Jesse is Captain of his team and will graduate from high school this year so he doesn't have too many games left to play.
It was good to sit with the family and enjoy their company.

Favorite Memory from Childhood