Maureen Spies a Sailor on the Sofa, His Ship Ran Aground

• The year Daddy took, at least, seven of us Christmas shopping to Center City for our Mommie's gift. We parked illegally on the side of Wanamakers, did our shopping, bought the brass early American magazine rack, and left for the car. Daddy took the parking ticket off the windshield, and everyone was happy!
• feeling that I could taste the ice in my lungs on frigid, snowy days
• building a snowman, any time of the day or night
• waking to find a sailor in the living room asleep on the sofa - Rob was home on leave - a boy was in the house and he was not related - yippeee
• The Platters
• checking out lots of books from the library and feeling privileged
• reading in the middle of the night with a blanket covering me, the lamp, and the book as I sat on the floor - serenity
• signing yearbooks, signed yearbooks "love ya" "you're my best friend forever" - memories
• Meg going to college - knowledge
• Terry trick or treating with Kevin and Gerald and coming home with 100 pounds of candy himself - full