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Moving Memories
posted Monday, 18 September 2006
Moving to a new house forced me to go through boxes and boxes of junk. Due to my hobby of genealogy I have become the family historian. The family have been giving me photographs and movies that I never found the time to sort out.
Going through one of the boxes I found many pictures of my sister Debbie who died back in 1998. One picture shows the four oldest children holding the baby triplets. Debbie is the oldest on the right.
I really enjoyed talking to my sister. She was very quick-witted and had a quirky sense of humor. She was fifteen years older than the triplets and always seemed bemused by them. I remember one family picnic; The whole family was sitting around a campfire and the topic of our odd family came up and Debbie started talking.
Debbie: People at work are surprised when I tell them I have six brothers.
One of the triplets: Six? How come you have six brothers and I only have five?
Everyone started shaking their heads in quasi disbelief.
One of the triplets: Hey! There is no such thing as a stupid question!
Upon hearing that my mother stood up, shook her head, lit a cigarette and said, "Leave it to you to ruin a perfectly good aphorism."
Debbie: People at work are surprised when I tell them I have six brothers.
One of the triplets: Six? How come you have six brothers and I only have five?
Everyone started shaking their heads in quasi disbelief.
One of the triplets: Hey! There is no such thing as a stupid question!
Upon hearing that my mother stood up, shook her head, lit a cigarette and said, "Leave it to you to ruin a perfectly good aphorism."
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