happy merry

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Kat Macfarlane <katmac at ...> wrote:
>
> I'm so sorry. I'd love to hear your long story when you have the 
> time. I hope they went to someone who would love and treasure them.
> Any chance you could get them back? 

I apologize for taking so long to answer. In fact, I apologize for
telling a long story short, but ... when I went away to college, my
mother came down with Multiple Schlerosis (when 20 years ago than MS
is supposed to appear). For a time she went into a 'convalescent home'
while having her house remodelled to be wheelchair friendly. When I
left (dropped out) of college, everything was different. I don't know
if my books were stolen, thrown out, accidentally destroyed -- she
claimed her grandmother's lace tablecloth and her wedding gift
silverware had been stolen by caregivers...

> I still have the /Treasure Island /my father used to read to me 

My brother was sent to the principal's office in third grade for
reading Treasure Island hidden behind his Dick and Jane assigned reading.