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Another great reason to be in Oregon–Gladys

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On Saturday, November 21, 2015

In Family

Ken and Gladys at Noodles and Company 2015We count Gladys as the fifth grandparent of Christian and Kelly. We are really thankful to have the chance to live so close to Glad. She has been a fixture in our lives since forever. She and Lorena went down to their Wilsonville manicure salon this morning, then we made our way to the new Noodles and Company here in town for a (late) Birthday lunch. We are especially thankful that she was able to make it all the way out to Raleigh for Thanksgiving and for the kids graduation from NCSU when Grandma Sarah could not travel. Thanks Glad. We love you.

Betty Blonde #428 – 03/08/2010
Betty Blonde #428
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Graduation visitors

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On Monday, May 12, 2014

In Education, Family

Day 991 of 1000

Grandpa Milo, Aunt Julia, and Gladys visit for the kids graduation in North CarolinaI am going to write a few posts over the next few days about the graduations that occurred on May 9th (Christian) and May 10th (Kelly).  We thoroughly enjoyed all of it.  I thought I would start off with our visitors.  Aunt Julia was very kind to fly out with Grandpa Milo.  It would not have been possible otherwise.  We were very much humbled and impressed with the care Aunt Julia showed toward Grandpa Milo with the current state of his memory.  She gave us a very good lesson in how to think about all this and particularly, how to treat a person with this condition and enjoy them in their current frame of mind.  For his part, Grandpa Milo was an enormous addition to the celebration.  We can only imagine how much impoverished the event would have been without his presence.

Grandma Sarah, the great higher education advocate in our family could not attend, but was here in spirit.  Even though our dear friend Gladys would have been a fabulous addition to the party if Grandma Sarah would have been able to make it, she was absolutely essential in Grandma Sarah’s absence.  She is so kind and accomplished in her treatment of people, especially in these kinds of celebrations, we could not have done it this nicely without her.  Beside listening to everyone, helping out in every way she can, and always saying the uplifting thing, she (as always) did one other thing that brought great joy to the festivities: She truly enjoyed herself and had a smile on her face the whole time.

I will talk a little bit more about the events of the weekend in subsequent posts, but for this post, we just want to thank Grandpa Milo, Aunt Julia, and Gladys who made such a great effort to be with us to celebrate the kids graduation.

Betty Blonde #112 – 12/19/2008
Betty Blonde #112
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Rembrandt comes to the North Carolina Museum of Art

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On Wednesday, October 26, 2011

In General

Day 65 of 1000

We were amazed back in 2008 that a Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit came to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences with tons of artifacts.  Duke University loaned some old, old bibles from their collection to add to the exhibit.  That was one of the highlights of our homeschool year.  Then, last spring Christian and Kelly were both required to go to the North Carolina Museum of Art as part of their Art Appreciation class at the community college.  Lorena and I took them one Saturday.  The collection their is amazing.  Now, the Art Museum has brought Rembrandt in America to Raleigh for a three month stay.  Grandpa Milo, Grandma Sarah, and our dear friend Gladys are coming for Thanksgiving this year,  Maybe we can all go see Rembrandt together.  Another hat tip to Andrew.  We do not know how he finds all this stuff, but we are glad he does.  Maybe we can get he and his bride to tag along with us.  Just sayin’.

We also love the North Carolina Museum of History.  Our favorite visit there was about North Carolina’s rich pirate history–Blackbeard and all that.  We need to start watching all of these museums a little more closely for these types of opportunities.

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