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Posted July 8, 2014 |
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Dad’s other Brother from a different Mother (and Dad)!
A Guest Article
By Lucy
Well, let me start out by introducing myself, my name is Lucy. I
am 12 weeks old and I live right outside a Temple with MY mom and dad! I
have two four legged brothers (Casey and Rusty), three four legged
sisters (Dolly, Roxie and Grace), two two legged sisters (T and Cole),
and one two legged brother (DA - noooo, not that kind of DA ... he's Don
Allen!!) but I am the only BC in the crew!! Dad says that
makes me special!!!
Dad also tells me that I also have an aunt and uncle that live somewhere
west of here and that they have five “kids” (Roo, Patches, Gall, Annie
and Bubba). It seems that we live too far away to go
visiting very often. Dad ‘splained to me (yeah, he does
that A LOT … HEY! I’m
only 12 weeks old, ok! Sometimes, we all need a little
‘splainin before we can get it all figured out!!) that he and uncle-B
have been through all sorts of expeditions (and I imagine have gotten
themselves in a few predicaments as well!) – I guess that’s what makes
them brothers!! He says that I have to get a little older
before he fills me in on some of the “juicier” stories (which, he says,
are most of them!) because, as all of you know, us kids often repeat
everything that we hear (generally at the most inopportune times and
places!) and … well … dad doesn’t really want to dwell on the past too
much right now anyway! He says that today and tomorrow are
“The Good Ol’ Days!”, but adds that he wouldn’t trade any of the
(mis)adventures and memories of the past for all of the money in the
world!!
I also understand that uncle-B changed jobs about a year ago and dad
says that this is the most relaxed and happy that he has been in years
and we are so happy for him!
Well, it’s nap time now, so I gotta go! I really can’t
wait ‘til I get to see west Texas and meet all of the rest of my family. Dad
just keeps going on and on about both, so each of them must be pretty
special to him! He has shown me pictures, but I want to
see for myself!
PS – Dad wrote these words for me cause I can’t spell yet, but I can
sure write my name!! Love my family!!!!
A few quotes that the Webmaster thought were appropriate to this
article:
I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or
brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of
parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to
work at.
Maya Angelou
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a
distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of
those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
Robert Southey
EDITOR’S
NOTE: Great
article Lucy! Thank you for being our very first
contributing author! We really do appreciate it. And
the words that you have written are “boomeranged” right back at you! Your
dad and our dad have been buds for a LONG time – 29 years, to be exact
(in October, that is!) I understand that our dad helped
your dad get one of his first degrees … I think it was an MIP … whatever
that is, shortly after they met! And the sign stories!! Haaa
… those are some good ones! Has he told you about the
little boy at the roping fiesta that called him daddy!! How
about the pink shirt situation (that was when our dad met our mom-D!) How
about the … what --- oh, yes sir! I guess that can wait
for another time. Yes sir, I will wrap this up now. Excuse
me for that interruption, anyway, again, we would like to thank Lucy
(and all her family) for ALL of their
contributions (with this story, and, in general!)
and encourage others to contribute their articles! Tell us
about ya’lls life’s lessons, thoughts and stories!! Peace
out everyone!!
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