What a wonderful visit we had at the Curran Reunion this year - held at our home/campground. We enjoyed so much visiting with family members and appreciate everyone's assistance and how much they wanted to help. When the family comes, they take over and do nearly all the work. It was especially nice because I was not feeling very well this year. Thank you so much!
I was privileged to take care of the 'Awesome Six' Thursday night while Garth and Julie attended the annual 'Army Ball' dressed in their finest attire. Here are a few pictures Here is Garth in his full dress uniform wearing all his decorative medals etc. Garth and Julie - What a wonderful couple they are and awesome parents You may be wondering about this picture. I wanted to take a picture of Garth's feet because he is actually wearing stirrups - he is in a calvary unit.
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 ****************************** 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.
****************************************************Everyone deals with difficulties. We all have weaknesses; some are more obvious than others, but everyone has obstacles to overcome.
We need to help each other along, build each other up & relieve each other's burdens rather than make the journey even more difficult by criticizing one another.
