July 2008
5 posts
My Best Valentine
My best valentine was given to me by my husband, Von, in 1991 after 48 years of marriage. Today I found it and was reminiscing. I also found all of his love letters written in 1943. We met Dec. 1942 and were married on September 4,1943. We had 57 wonderful years together before he passed away in 2000.
Von was a large man physically—6 ft. 3inches tall and 220 lbs.But he was a real...
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May 2008
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Once A Prankster, Always A Prankster
Maybe! I thought I had learned my lesson when I pieced together the love letter of my sister, Fae’s, boyfriend. But that little imp kept creeping up. We had a neighbor who lived 1/4 mile from us and we did not like her because we thought she killed our cat,”Pretty Sang.” So Norma and I vowed to get even. Fae, our beauty queen, held a mirror too close to our Alladin lamp and it...
April 2008
3 posts
Cars, Cars, Cars
My husband, Von, always loved cars. When we were dating he had a 1926 Chev. that he named Geneva. It was a boxy car but very nice. He sold it to buy my wedding rings. He loved me more than the car.
Our next car was a 1938 Ford that he bought from his brother. It was so dilapidated but we drove it from Amarillo to Houston. He was taking a job as an announcer for KTHT.
Our first apartment in...
Moving Is Not For The Faint Of Heart
It had been 38 years since I had moved and I had no idea what would transpire. The kids convinced me we all needed to move in together and now was the time. Two huge trucks pulled up in our driveways and started loading at 9 AM in the morning. They finished at 6:30. Then they told us the news: We can’t really get everything in today so we will have to come back tomorrow. They did unload 2...
March 2008
3 posts
We four sisters were good girls
Our Mama and Daddy taught us to be good. We went to church every Sunday. In fact, our Presbyterian pastor told us we were only allowed to miss if we were sick or out of town. It was during the depression and we certainly did not go out of town often. We were good girls but you know how the youth love to experiment. This was an experiment gone awry. At the time we had moved to another farming...
I Always Knew I Would Some Day Marry
And I wanted a man who would be faithful to me all of our married life. I found that person in 1942 but it was a while before I fell in love with him. He was a radio engineer at WFAA in Dallas. I met him at the drugstore where I was cashier. I went to work one day and he whistled at me and I turned around and smiled and he was hooked. He wanted to make more money than an engineer so he sent a...
Why I Love Easter
Easter is so meaningful to me because my daughter, Laurie was healed on Easter Sunday. Cystic fibrosis is an incurable disease with virtually no treatment. Constanly the victims have breathing difficulties and because of lacking an enzyme their food is not digested. We didn’t know what it was to sleep the whole night and the doctors told us there was no treatment—no hope. But God...
December 2007
8 posts
Been There, Done That
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Are There Pranksters In Your Family?
If not, they are out there somewhere! I was once a prankster but I learned my lesson and here is my story: My older sister, Fae, was beautiful with blond wavy hair and blue eyes. I thought she was the most beautiful person in the world. She was 6 years older than I and I looked up to her. She had lots of boy friends. In fact, her sobriquet in high school was,”Mae West.” She often got...
Everyone Needs A Pearl Tie
I have one but I wouldn’t trade it for anything because I am having too much fun with it. It is in perfect condition because it has never been used! Back in 1971 a lot of school girls were wearing pearl ties around the neck of their white shirts. I thought they were so cute. I bought one for my daughter, Laurie. On Christmas eve she opened her gift and said, “Thank you.” I...
A Farmer With Seven Girls! Poor Grandpa!
Yes, my grandparents had seven daughters, my mother being the eldest. So naturally they had to do chores. My mother learned to sew when she was 9 and by the time she was 12, she was making wedding dresses for friends. She didn’t have patterns. She cut a pattern out of newspaper, then out of 5 cent a yard muslin. Then she fitted it on the bride and voila! I am sorry I did not inherit my...
Do You Know Your Roots?
As we get older we realize our kids and grand kids need to know their roots! My nephew, Roger Prince, has documented hundreds of old family pictures and has visited cemeteries looking for the graves of our ancestors. The Morgan family is a musical family.My grandfather, Thomas Huston Morgan, was a Santa Claus of a man with a long white beard. He played the violin left-handed. He held it in his...
Christmas Traditions
Each family probably has their own traditions. My Morgan family are Welsh and I married in to the Reece family which is also Welsh. I tell my kids they are stubborn because they are double Welsh. My great grandparents migrated to England and I think some of our traditions stem from that. We open our gifts on Christmas Eve. Another tradition that we have been doing for ages: All day on Chrismas...
Childhood Christmases
I remember vividly our childhood Christmases. They were magical. My dad was a farmer and during the depression we didn’t have very much. My Dad grew up in a log cabin in the Big Thicket. The log cabin was made by my grandfather. Daddy usually got a cap pistol for Christmas. So he was determined that we 4 girls would have the best Christmas. We had no electricity but we had a huge cedar tree...
November 2007
5 posts
Copycat
I could not be outdone by my namesake, Connie Lavon. So I borrowed her finery but I am sure you can tell us apart. I am the one with wrinkles. However, I refused to put “bubble-head pink” on my hair. I did not want to ruin my reputation! They say the best compliment you can pay someone is to copy them. I must say I am proud of my namesake and my last born, Laurie. She does not like...
Elderly Are Real People
I am lobbying for the elderly. We are just like the rest of you only probably smarter and wiser. Don’t treat us condescendingly. We still know how to have fun and we were probably having fun before most of you were born. We know how to play games and probably can beat you at Scrabble or Trivial pursuit. We have probably lived through 5 wars but our hair isn’t gray until we let it be!...
My First Day AS A Goddess
Wow! I went to the Goddess Fitness place today and I am going to get physically fit if it kills me! You should have seen me rolling around of the floor with the trainer.( a lady BTW) She put me thru the paces and I am still alive. She is going to let Connie L and me excerise together as I did so good today.I also got a tiara(made in China). I hope it doesn’t have any harmful things in it as...
October 2007
2 posts
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