December is a month of many celebrations, including the birth of my oldest brother and oldest friend in the world.
Big brother Jeffie and baby Nettie, in Chicago.
We’ve been around the world together, living in Canada and all over the US, and traveling through Europe with the Concordia Orchestra. Through moves, college, grad school, doctoral studies, roadtrips, weddings, babies, quartets, trios, and that “Duet with Eyeglasses Obligato” — and epic theological/spiritual/philosophical discussions – so many adventures we’ve been through together!
Doug (7), Nettie (12), and Jeff (15), playing together in Uncle Dick, Aunt Sally, and cousin Erik’s home in Topeka, KS.
I was home from PBI for Christmas, and Jeff was home from NYC.
Family Road Trip! Taking Jeff to New York for grad school.
With the Uncles and their firstborn niece, Laurent.
This had to be either Chicago or Dallas.
Jeff on the porch in Chicago.
April 17, 1993, Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral, Fargo, ND.
I homeschooled four kids all the way through high school and then fostered/adopted 7 more children. I am wife to a very smart mathematician; I dabble in photography, write and sing, paint in bright colors, and love being Catholic!
I have to comment…it wasn’t all sweetness and light….as I recall some of the arguments that never seemed to end…on rides to & from school! As I often described them…If Jeff say the sky was blue…Annette argued vehemently that is was yellow!!! Never gave in, either! Oh the loving memories!
Pauline Holston
31 Dec 2019I have to comment…it wasn’t all sweetness and light….as I recall some of the arguments that never seemed to end…on rides to & from school! As I often described them…If Jeff say the sky was blue…Annette argued vehemently that is was yellow!!! Never gave in, either! Oh the loving memories!