"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> We visited a dear friend yesterday, she lives about 35 miles from us over
> in Texas. She fell a couple of months ago and broke her right femur into
> roughly eight pieces. Has fifteen screws and a plate about eight inches
> long in the bone now. She's confined to a wheel chair and is just now
> starting to be able to stand on her good foot and do a few things.
>
> Since she no longer cans anything we took her a box of pickles, some fig
> jam, and a jar of kumquat marmalade. We intended to stay about an hour and
> ended up staying almost six hours. She and I met in 1954 when we moved
> into our sophomore class in high school and graduated together in 1957. We
> had always been good friends and, when I married Miz Anne and brought her
> to Texas in 1960, they became good friends too.
>
> At any rate we had a nice visit with our friend and she, in turn, gave us
> about a dozen pint and half pint fruit jars that others had given her
> filled with jellies and didn't ask for them to be returned. Being nice has
> its rewards I guess.
>
> It was nice to be able to go back to the area where I grew up and see how
> much it has changed, almost beyond my recognition. I even had problems
> finding my friends home though I had helped them build it forty odd years
> ago. Neighborhoods, even rural ones do change.
>
> She works in the school system there as a secretary and has for many
> years. Told me the school was going to graduate 110 students this month.
> Their biggest class ever. Ours was 32 people, many of whom are long gone
> now. We will be going back on the second Saturday in June when the annual
> former student homecoming is held. The committee provides the brisket and
> we all bring side dishes and desserts. I generally take a pickle plate
> with about four pints of various pickles on it and never get to take any
> home, reckon I'll do it again this year.
>
> This was Miz Anne's first long trip since her fall and she did very well.
> She is also driving herself to church now and is moving about with her
> cane quite well. Spends a lot of time outside with her flowers and the
> gardens and that is helping her to heal too.

I am so pleased for you both You are getting your lives back together

> I hope all you mothers had a good Mother's Day too, both our kids and two
> of the grandkids called to wish her a good day.

Good wishes to everyone from me too, I had a lovely Mother's day
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