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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Touby Cousins Reunions

We've done all the "O" states !
 OHIO   OREGON   OKLAHOMA

In 2012 the Touby Cousins decided to do a reunion at a former Touby home - now a B&B -  in Mansfield, Ohio.  2013 took us to McKenzie Bridge, Oregon, and in 2014 we gathered in Grove, Oklahoma. 

CLICK HERE for the link to the 2012 Reunion Book.


Somewhere in Time B&B, Mansfield, Ohio  2012
Caddisfly Resort, McKenzie Bridge, Oregon  2013
Grove, Oklahoma 2014

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Virginia's 90th Birthday Book

A little late to this blog, but CLICK HERE 
for the book celebrating Virginia's 90th.


Saturday, January 4, 2014

Lament



This past October the Touby Cousins trekked to McKenzie Bridge, Oregon for our second annual reunion.  My mother had so hoped to be able to make the journey, but as time drew near she realized she was just not able.  She asked that we read this poem she had written (neither Nancy nor I thought we could do it, so Charlotte volunteered).  It was a sobering moment.

Lament

I've waited too long
To travel Northwest -
California, Washington and Oregon.
Friends invited me there,
I wish I had gone -
Now I've waited too long.

I've waited too long
To visit Vermont
in the beautiful fall of the year.
It's such a lovely season,
What was my reason?
Now I've waited too long.

I waited too long
to read the great books -
the History, the Classics,
the Bible I planned.
Others, too, through the years that have spanned,
Sadly, I've waited too long.

I've waited too long
To finish the cross-stitch
or the quilt top from fabric I've saved.
I look back o'er the years
and recall with some tears
Those little girl dresses I made.

I've waited too long
To learn to play jazz
at the piano I love so much.
My fingers, no longer nimble,
My hands seem to tremble,
I've simply lost my touch.

I've waited too long
Now that I have the time,
I can no longer see well enough.
To finish these tasks,
the time has passed.
Sadly, I've waited too long.