Mom and My Uncle Parker Mom was only 14, almost 15 years old when her brother Parker died fighting in the war in Germany. Parker was not quite 22, only about a month and 3 weeks before his 22nd birthday. As a reminder from where Parker’s story began in my previous blog https://mylifebydag.blog/2020/12/18/blog-post-34-my-mom-miriam-elizabeth-hall-gateley-part-3/, here isContinue reading “Blog Post # 35: My Mom: Miriam Elizabeth Hall Gateley, Part 4 – Parker and Mom”
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Blog Post # 34: My Mom: Miriam Elizabeth Hall Gateley, 3 – Parker and Helen
My Uncle Parker and Cousin Helen My Uncle Parker (Mom’s brother) died in WW II, long before I was born. Yet Mom talked of him so often I realize how much of an impact he still made on both of our lives. In researching Parker’s story, I was also reminded of another reality that IContinue reading “Blog Post # 34: My Mom: Miriam Elizabeth Hall Gateley, 3 – Parker and Helen”
Blog Post # 33: My Mom: Miriam Elizabeth Hall Gateley, 2 – 1st thru 8th Grades
Mom’s 1st thru 8th Grades Welcome to Part 2 of my Mom’s life. As Part 1 was from her birth thru 1st grade (last week’s blog post, https://mylifebydag.blog/2020/12/04/blog-post-32-my-mom-miriam-elizabeth-hall-gateley-part-1/ ), Part 2 will continue her story from 2nd to 8th grade. (Note to family members: Please let me know if you remember something differently or somethingContinue reading “Blog Post # 33: My Mom: Miriam Elizabeth Hall Gateley, 2 – 1st thru 8th Grades”
Blog Post # 32: My Mom: Miriam Elizabeth Hall Gateley, 1 – Early Life
Mom’s Early Life Regular readers of this blog know my Mom comes up fairly often. As she played such a key role in so much of my life, I thought it fitting to include more about hers. Some of this information comes from my memory, and some from her own writings. (Note to family members:Continue reading “Blog Post # 32: My Mom: Miriam Elizabeth Hall Gateley, 1 – Early Life”
Blog Post # 31: Suicide! In Memory of My Great-niece Mia
Why do people self destruct? My great-niece Mia was beautiful, talented, kind, generous and smart. Last week she took her own life. She was 22 years old. Why do people self destruct? Grief? Rage? Depression? Stress? Brain damage? Anxiety? No more optimism? No more hope? To end unbearable pain? Mental illness? Whatever the reasons, myContinue reading “Blog Post # 31: Suicide! In Memory of My Great-niece Mia”
Blog Post # 30: Remembering My First Birthday Without My Mom
A Birthday Poem Do you enjoy birthdays? One of my favorite parts is logging onto Facebook to find so many Happy Birthday Wishes. Whether from posts, replies to birthday posts, or private messages, it’s a great way to enjoy my day! Every year I am also reminded of my birthday in 2003. It was aContinue reading “Blog Post # 30: Remembering My First Birthday Without My Mom”
Blog Post # 28: Another Angel Story
Riots in the Streets, Angel to the Rescue On March 3, 1991, Rodney King, a black man, was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers after a high-speed chase during his arrest for drunk driving. A civilian filmed the incident and sent the video to a local news station. The video showed an unarmed KingContinue reading “Blog Post # 28: Another Angel Story”
Blog Post # 25: Adventures Wandering The Streets Of Romania
Still in Romania, Part 2/2 Today’s post continues last Friday’s telling of the adventures we had in Romania after I took Alexandru out of the orphanage. Everyday, around 3:15 pm, lovely, haunting music played somewhere outside of the apartment. It was the same tune, every day. I couldn’t find where it was coming from,Continue reading “Blog Post # 25: Adventures Wandering The Streets Of Romania”
Blog Post # 23: Our Family Is Complete!
Waiting for Mom and Dad, Part 2 In Part 1, Blog Post # 22: An Orphanage Story, we left Alexandru, waiting and watching for his own parents to come get him. When he was 2 and 1/2 years old, suddenly potential parents started visiting him! They were very nice, and he always hoped they wouldContinue reading “Blog Post # 23: Our Family Is Complete!”
Blog Post # 22: An Orphanage Story
Waiting for Mom and Dad, Part 1 Here is the beginning of how we completed our family! In a small Romanian village, on an auspicious day in the middle of January, 1993, a child was conceived. (Amazingly enough, at that same time, in Tallahassee, Florida I fell in love with sign language. (Blog PostContinue reading “Blog Post # 22: An Orphanage Story”
My Life, by DAG 