I remember July 21, 1967. We were staying in a "hotel room" behind the Officers' Club in Taichung, Taiwan, waiting to move into our house "on the economy." Mom & Dad were in one room, and Missy and I were in an adjoining room. Our brothers Jay & Harley were at the Army bachelor quarters down the road.
Laura? Well, Laura Lee was giving birth to Mom & Dad's first grandchild. We had seen LL & Pete just a few weeks before, when we stopped in Mobile on our way overseas. How hard it was for Mom to leave her oldest child who was expecting her first child.
It was the middle of the night when the phone call came, and Mom & Dad woke us up. Missy, then just 10 years old, sat up in bed and was sooooo excited about her new niece. We all went back to sleep.
In the morning, as we talked about Lee Anne, Missy wanted to know who we were talking about. When we told her that LL had had her baby, Missy demanded to know why we didn't wake her up to tell her!
We love you, Lee Anne! You have been a true delight :) I am still amazed that you will be a grandmother before I will be :(
Aunt Randa
What a wonderful story!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat's too funny! I hadn't remembered that at all - but then - I was sleeping : ) Always hard to get me to wake up!
ReplyDeleteOops! That was Missy - Laura has been using my computer this week!
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