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This article appeared in the Sun Sentinel (serving Avon, Avon Lake and North Ridgeville since 1990) on Thursday, September 6, 2012 My first job was working in the concession stand at the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Civic Auditorium. I was in high school in the late 50’s and it was...
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Eunice Naomi Gransbury Wayment BIRTH FAMILY: Eunice "Naomi" (pronounced Naoma) was born on 28 March 1904 at Albion, Cassia, Idaho to Charles Wesley Gransbury and Jennie Louise Parrot. She was the only daughter in a family with five brothers: Orval Howard born 20 Nov 1901; Walter Charles...
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Some of my earliest memories, throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, are of sitting around the dinner table with my mom, dad, and sister. Dinner was at 5 o’clock prompt. Mom cooked every night. It was just something we did. Didn’t everyone? When I began working in NYC and not getting off...
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It's 7pm and my nanna has now been in hospital for one week. She has been brilliant staying in her own home 97 years but as 98 approached she took to her bed, prefering to sleep the day away. Concerned, my father called in the carers. Just prior to her stay...
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The White Whale was my first car. I bought it brand new from York Gary, who was the salesman at Ball Chevrolet in Nashville, AR, my hometown. York was the father of my best friend Gloria. It was not such a special car in the beginning. It took...
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Home The memory comforts me Home, a house set in a garden, abounding in seasonal colors and fragrances A mixture of old and new- wood, glass and trim The back yard-tall pines Fresh fallen pine needles Its essence, the purring of the attic fan On a hot summer night...
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My first memory of Valentine's Day is Fourth Grade. My mother was a homeroom mother and that meant she was responsible for the Valentine Party in my class at school. She took a hat box and decorated it for all the Valentines of all my classmates. It was...
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My Wish I wish I have the heart to heal those who cry I wish I have the gift to unwrap their pain I wish I have the knowledge to know what they need I wish I have the courage to tell them I'm not always right I wish I have...
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