26 June 2018

Red letter date

It was a very busy few days and I am only now (mid-day Tuesday) sitting down to post about this past weekend. My usual routine is to start a new document with the date at the top. When I found myself typing “26 June” I realized that today is a sort of red-letter day in my personal history. It was on this date in 1969 that my family (parents and four siblings) left our home in St. Louis to relocate in West Hartford, CT. Ten years later, on the 26^th of June in 1979, I was hospitalized with pre-eclampsia during my second pregnancy. Fast forward to 1989 when I had my first bout of pneumonia that eventually led to the realization that I had a rare form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Despite the traditional Jewish belief in the permanence of something that has happened three times, I am glad to say that the last two occurrences of the 26^th of June in a year ending in 9 were more or less uneventful.

Meanwhile, we had a lovely day with Maya on Friday the 22^nd. We took her to “Rock On Adventures” where she had a lot of fun climbing. 

Then we went to “Monster Mini Golf.” We then returned to our apartment where we made her some macaroni and cheese and ate while watching the movie Coco. When the movie ended we headed over to Friendly’s for some ice cream. It was a busy and fun day.

On Sunday morning Barry and I took Julia to the Providence Children’s Museum. She is just the right age for this now so it was great fun. 

We headed back to her house for lunch and all ate sandwiches on fresh bagels Dina had picked up that morning. Then Barry and I took Joshua and Ella to a local movie theater where Barry and Joshua saw “Solo” while Ella and I saw “Incredibles 2.” To be honest, I think the movie could have been much better with a lot less violence, but when I shared that thought with Ella I could see she did not see the movie as having been particularly violent. Is it just a matter of what we become accustomed to seeing?

Our four older grandchildren are now all at summer camps for a month. We are hoping to have some time with Julia and Noah while their older siblings are away. We have plans for the four older ones to come to New York in late July and August for what they call “Camp Nana/Sabba.” With all four going to camp we could not schedule four separate weeks this year, so Maya and Ella are coming to New York together. They share a lot of interests in food and activities and their relationship as cousins is far less intense than sisters tend to be. It should be a lot of fun.

Enjoy the nice weather!

Love,

Rebecca