Amanda and I celebrated 3 birthdays of significant elders in our families within 24 hours this weekend. It was pretty cool.
Here's the run-down of our schedule:
Sat. 2-4: Amanda's Great-Aunt Helen's 90th Birthday Party, Greensboro.
Sat. 7pm: My grandma's 93rd B'day party, Gaston Country Club, Gastonia.
Sun. 2: Amanda's grandfather's 80th b'day party, Greensboro.
Check it out. Parties for people turning 90, 93, and 80. Add up all those years (163), and imagine ALL of the experience the three of them have, and everything they've seen in their lives! We're talkin' the Depression (for two of them), WWII, all of the craziness of going to space for the first time, a complete evolution of music (could talk about THAT one for a while), phonographs to iPods, radio shows to reality shows, Pearl Harbor to 9/11, Coke to New Coke to Coke Classic, telegraphs to the internet, and so much MORE.
Needless to say, it was quite a weekend of honoring our elders, haha. Gotta say it was great getting to meet and hang out with so many people of both sides of Amanda's family, and I was REALLY excited to get her down to Gastonia for the first time. I loved seeing how happy the three birthday folks were, and I hope that if and when I reach any of those ages, I'll have families as beautiful and fun as those celebrating this weekend to laugh with when the time comes...
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