Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Accidental Blessings
Funny how one thing leads to another. For years, the kids had sent all kinds of Peanuts cards to their Charlie Brown dad, and after our retirement move, I decided to display them on the wall of our bedroom. While hunting through my large collection of memorabilia, I found a card we had received from one of the double-cousins after Mama’s death. It had the addresses of her siblings, and I decided to try contacting them, in case any were still living.
Uncle Dave was Daddy’s oldest brother, Aunt Katy Mama’s oldest sister. Since Mama and Daddy were the youngest in their large families and didn’t marry until in their thirties, most of our first cousins were old enough to have kids our age. Dave and Kate’s family lived at Howe, Texas, near Sherman, too far for regular visits from the Panhandle, so we hardly knew them.
Soon after my search began, a letter came from Cousin Harley saying his mother and one of her sisters were in a nursing home together, the only siblings still living. Through him, I contacted his sister, Olene, and cousin Ellen. Before long, other cousins got my e-mail address and asked for our family history for their genealogy, invited me to a family reunion, and things have been buzzing ever since.
Thank you, thank you, Charlie Brown!
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
cgtrent@att.net
Uncle Dave was Daddy’s oldest brother, Aunt Katy Mama’s oldest sister. Since Mama and Daddy were the youngest in their large families and didn’t marry until in their thirties, most of our first cousins were old enough to have kids our age. Dave and Kate’s family lived at Howe, Texas, near Sherman, too far for regular visits from the Panhandle, so we hardly knew them.
Soon after my search began, a letter came from Cousin Harley saying his mother and one of her sisters were in a nursing home together, the only siblings still living. Through him, I contacted his sister, Olene, and cousin Ellen. Before long, other cousins got my e-mail address and asked for our family history for their genealogy, invited me to a family reunion, and things have been buzzing ever since.
Thank you, thank you, Charlie Brown!
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
cgtrent@att.net
