Subj : Chilies
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Shawn Highfield
Date : Sun Dec 01 2024 07:17:00

Hi Ruth,
On <Sat, 29 Nov 24>, you wrote me:

RH> They usually had class on their date but got the American holiday
RH> off. (G)

Laugh, that's fair. :)

RH> Yes, he turns 21 today. Doesn't seem that long ago that he was born.

It goes so fast.

RH> we went to my sister's for Thanksgiving dinner. When Robert was born
RH> on the 29th, her older son (who's birthday is Nov. 30) commented that
RH> he just missed sharing immortality by one day. That kid turs 40
RH> tomorrow.

I missed my grandmother's birthday by a day as well.  She was Oct 12.

RH> for soup once we take more meat from them. The turkey soup is a
RH> tradition in my family, usually done with the Christmas turkey, that
RH> our older daughter has carried on with her family.

Nice.  I have the carcass in the freezer as it will take a while to get
through the left overs.  I'll make the soup in a week or two.

RH> It got to be a joke, how they always did it and never let any of us 3
RH> girls have a part.

Laugh.  IT was a brother thing.

Shawn

... By the time most of us have money to burn, our fire's gone out.


--- Grumble
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