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June 10, 2001 11:49 AM Dear Clan, Things happen, don't they. Bless those who have passed and those who just arrived. Great pictures in this RR. I must tell you I had facial pains from continuously smiling for a week after Badderascanbe did her thing to make Uncle Wes's memorial a happening! The pains reoccurred a week later when my family surprised me with a belated birthday party on Memorial Day weekend. Lots of family and friends celebrating my 70th! It was good to see all of you at the memorial service. I think Wes would have considered it a perfect day for celebrating his life. All is well in Heise Run. Flowers blooming, seeing lots of deer and turkeys, a lot of fields to be mowed (but I love it) and peace! Looking forward to Joey's wedding July 14th. Also l'm looking forward to seeing you at the family reunion in Md. in August. As many of you know, Alice and I bought a place beside Roma and Jan in Mesa, Arizona. We really like it there in the winter. Mature shrubs, cacti, evergreens, rose bushes, orange, grapefruit and lemon trees! The house on one side of us has not been lived in for years. Consequently wildlife has used the crawl space as a motel, coyotes and rabbits, also watched a golden eagle try to swoop down on a jackrabbit. The coyote comes by frequently. On the other side of us is a place that rarely has anyone in it. Roma and Jan's. They are the travelingest people I ever knew. In other words we have a place with no neighbors on either side and a golf course for a back yard! (and we don't play golf!) The kids and grandkids are all fine: Maxie Miller: Sports and scholarship Hannah Miller: Scholarship and social butterfly. Lauren Mickey: Scholar and class president. Sarah Alice: good scholar, artistic and social BF too. C.J.: Math Man, great reasoning power. Andy Watson: studying and working at the same time. Skiing is his sport. How luckey we are that they're all doing well. Alice does more gardening than art. I hope she gets back to art. Max is still into genealogy. Gimps around a little but loves to mow his fields with his old tractor. Kids threw a belated surprise BD (70th) party for me Memorial Day Weekend. Lots of fun. Total surprise to me! At the risk of being boring may I share some ancestral findings: One Mickey built the first concrete highways in Pa. Another Mickey was the Governor of Nebraska. A Wolford girl (My Mom's side) was married to Governer Pattison of Pa. Another Woolford was a favorite officer of Geo. Washington in the Revolution. One Mickey was a submarine commander. And so on. You have good genes in your line. Tough and smart and giving of themselves to others! The value of reunions is to face each other periodically and assure each other that we are holding up our part of the legacy as best we can. See you soon. Max and Alice |