BUT Ann is not on vacation! ~Judy
Keepin’ the Flame Lit
Time to
close out 2011 and for many, there are a lot of great memories and a few sad
one. No matter how much I try, at times I find myself incredibly sad. So
projects, road tripping and running around with friends have helped immensely.
On the
upside, I’ve accomplished a lot. Mended fences with my sister, glad to see my
siblings watching after each other, got to see my beautiful niece Sunita and
her adorable son, Gabriel. I remember flying home mid-March 1980 to be there
for her birth, only to miss it by a week. Love you Sunita and Gabriel, you too
Amanda and Eric! I made this doll for Sunita back in 1985.
My road trip
to Toronto via NYC-Hartford- PA was so much fun and I got to see singer Michael
Franti. And the best concert of all time, Maroon 5 and Train at the Iowa State
Fair, seeing Janet Jackson was pretty neat too.
After saying goodbye to Dad, I said I would purchase a bench for him at the Fair. Well I finally got around to purchasing the bench. For $1,200, you get a new wooden bench with a nameplate. We’re finalizing the nameplate, but it will looking like this and say something like this
In
Memory of our Dad
Matthew Chee You, 1931-2011
Love and miss you Dad
Tony, Sandra, Glen, Charmaine
Instead of
seeing the glass half empty, I’ll see it half full and will be looking forward
to the construction of the bench (June ’12). I’ll call it a living memorial to
Dad, where I can go anytime I want to. When the ’12 Fair rolls around, you will
find me there almost daily. I will look forward to a few road trips, maybe out
West to San Francisco, Treasure Island (FLA), see the Lake house in Maryland,
backpacking (via train) in Europe and maybe … just maybe …. A trip to Trinidad
to return my Dad to his beloved home.
And can’t
forget the race to the White House. No doubt I will be caucusing on January 3rd
and if my candidate does not win the nomination, hopefully I’ll be as egg-cited
to support the GOP nominee.
Have a great
New Year everyone, if you enjoyed my posts and want to see more, drop us a line
(Judy or me).
Chat Later
That Girl, Ann Marie
That Girl, Ann Marie
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