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| Yours truly, 1958 East Brandywine Township, Downingtown, PA |
Sixty-five years ago I was a skinny, shy, low self esteem kid of seventeen years of age. This picture was taken in the front yard of the house our family had moved into in 1958.
Up until that time my family had always lived in apartments. For the first time in my life I could stand on land and not worry about someone yelling "Hey kid! Get out of here!" Yes, that's what my childhood was like, almost always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Is it no wonder that I value my almost once acre of paradise that I live on now in coastal Delaware.
At the same time I was enjoying my new found freedom of actually putting my own two feet on family owned ground, my now fiancé Pat was living in Toronto, attending school as a ten year old freckled red head. Who would have ever guessed that lo these many years later we would be planning on getting married and living the rest of our lives together.
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| Pat about ten years old |
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| Pat about 14 years old |
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| Pat about 17 years old, same age as me as my photo at the beginning of this post |
I know it's late in our lives for us to get together but I feel so fortunate that I have Pat in my life. And to know that we will spend the rest of our lives together makes me so happy.
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| Ron ten years old 1951 |
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| Ron 12 years old 1953 |
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| Ron 15 years old 1956 |
I may be in failing health and not as pretty as I used to be but we have each other and for that I will always be eternally grateful.
Even though I met Pat late in my life, I've had a wonderful life with Bill. Shortly before Bill died, he gave me his blessing to have a wonderful life with Pat. I'm not religious but I do believe something or Someone had a hand in providing such a happy life for me.