Vacuosity

The fam

Yesterday was the Barrick/McBride family reunion, a gathering of both sides of Julia's parents' family. There was a host of people through spanning the ages of 8 months to 90 years. One highlight was Julia's grandmother meeting her sister for the first time in 59 years. I got a chance to meet the families on both sides. It explains so, so much.

Stories and memories abounded. Some stories are so unusual or ironic that they have to be remembered, like this one:

Julia's grandfather, Poppa Ronald, was blind in his left eye. Despite the fact, he continued to drive, and do all the things a fully-sighted person would. He was a careful driver, who took care of his vehicle. Actually, when we took his car after he finally quit due to his age, the car, a '87 'K' car, it was in impeccable shape. It was sad to see him finally resign himself to agedness.

He had been proud of his self-sufficiency, and his good driving record. In fact, he had only ever had one accident. He had been turning left, and hit another car that had been turning left in the opposite direction. The funniest part was the fact that the other driver... was blind in his left eye.

posted by David @ 12:04 p.m.