Memories - Susan Kinkelaar Mears 9-16-2010

OK, so you found me! The email was wrong so I have given you the correct one. I am not sure how this blog stuff works so I hope this posts. I happen to be on that street at least once a week to see Mom and Dad. They are still in the house and they are 90 and 91 respectively. As to the questions you emailed me, I will ask my Mom. She is smart as a tack and remembers all that stuff. I was expecting to see Mary Lou at our reunion this summer but she did not come. I spend most of my time reminiscing with Michael Jelenic about Gilles-Sweet. I can remember all kinds of things about living on Orchard. Do you remember the tulip tree that we always climbed in the vacant lot more near the "forest" at the end of the street. Did we ever find the crazy man who 'lived' in the forest and carried a gun? How about going to the corner store and getting all that penny candy and then taking off for an afternoon of exploring or just making stuff out of the collections we found in the garbage cans. Do you remember walking to White's pond and ice skating in the winter? Did the Hengst girl ever babysit for any of you? She lived behind the cherry trees in our side yard. To keep you up to date, my sister Penny lives in Rocky River, Linda lives in Lakewood, and I live in Shaker Heights. I laughed when you talked about professionals. For us girls, it was being a teacher or nurse. I had a pretty future looking father though because he insisted that we had to go to college. It was very important to him! I wish you would have stopped by to see them when you drove by the house--who knows how long they will be around.