Maureen, The Soldier, and The Convertible Dryer

• Daddy's drawing of the Carousel for me and Colleen in first grade. It was so beautiful. I wish we still had it.
• Dress for junior prom - brown chiffon, funnel neck, blue shoes
• Dress for senior prom - brown velveteen, blue shoes from the junior prom. White ruffle blouse that was ironed and starched for years until it fell apart. I loved that blouse.
• Going to the seamstress for senior prom dresses on Catherine Street in South Philadelphia with Mommie - it was a scary place to go.
• Marathon phone calls from Kevin Glenn that lasted for hours and hours.
• Time with Kevin Glenn when he was on leave from the service.
• Going to 30th Street Station with Kevin G, Colleen, Honora, Joanne and several others the day he left for the service. 
• Weekend Kevin G home on leave in North Wildwood. Colleen, Honora, and Joanne drove around in a convertible to dry his clothers hanging off the back of the car.
• Borrowing Karen's VW Bug
• Rohm & Haas
• Lunches with Karen in Center City on the 2nd floor of a drugstore on 15th or 18th at Chestnut
• Lunches with Colleen at Univ of Penna - oh boy!
• Mother Stephen Mary
• Christmas Daddy took me to see Mother Stephen Mary after she left Holy Spirit. She was transferred to Philadelphia. I visited her. It was a rainy, rainy Christmas day but wonderful. Daddy waited in the lobby while she showed me around her new digs.
• Going to Brockway with Colleen, Grandmother, and Daddy
• The day some girl told me some boy thought I was cute! I was a freshman. Who knew!?
• Changing seats in grade school. It felt like a whole new life when they gave us a new seat to sit in. I loved how that felt. A brand new perspective.
• Western movies - I loved the sound of galloping horses.
• Memorial Day - Cape May - beginning of my suntan
• Music
• Hats
• Hurricanes in Cape May
• Kelties Bookstore - Cape May
• Shop in Cape May with the flowered canopy interior - Karen worked there. I think it's on her Favorites list
• John F Kennedy
• Camelot
• Wizard of Oz
• Gone With the Wind
• Candyland
• Collecting bottles on the beach
• Rafts
• Third floor
• Lunch on the beach - pb & j - yum
• Pretzels on the beach - yum, yum