Because I can be anal retentive, there are numbers and dates that roll through my mind!
On this date, November 10, 1957 my dad (Bucky) died. It is hard to believe that it was 49 years ago. I was called home to the City Club from the Plymouth Movie Theater to learn the news. It was late on a Sunday afternoon. He was 37 years old.
One year later on November 13, 1958 my Grandmother Helen (Alice's mother) died in Ashland, Wisconsin. She had high blood pressure along with diabetes. Because she lived in the "woods", it took extremely long to get her to the hospital which was 30 miles away. The cause of death was never determined. She was 58 years old.
Within the span of 1 year, my mother lost her husband and her mother. Mix in the fact that there was no money and Alice's world probably seemed to be collapsing around her. She developed a toughened exterior but to me she was always the same mom.
Now we move to consecutive dates. My Dad (Bucky) was born in May, 1920. He was the oldest son of Chalk and Myrna.
20 years later, I was born in 1940. I was the oldest child in our family
20 years later in 1960 Deborah was born to our family. Yep she was the oldest child.
20 years later, Debs blew the whole series of "20 year numbers". Dano was supposed to have been born in 1980. That deviation might have had a significant effect on the cosmos and sent our family into a totally different dimension.
It is a good thing that you guys are not a slave to numbers. Wait, that is not totally true. Christopher shows signs of fretting over number detail. Curses!
Love,
Dad