Sunday, September 14, 2014

Oops

A couple of important docs left out!



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Birth of Daniel Leland Hawkley

Daniel Leland Hawkley was born on September 14, 1944 while his father was a prisoner of war.




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Friday, September 05, 2014

New Invitation to Blog - Sept 5 2014

Hi Family,

So Dad's 70th birthday is nine days away -- recently, I've been going through his "boxes of stuff" and putting memorable things in chronology binders. 

I started this blog in 2006 but only did ten posts. Now that the boxes are gone and organized in better order, I'm hoping to post stories and docs regularly -- not in any particular order.

My hope is that you'll join me and add your own memories of Dad. In that vein, I'll add each of your email addresses to the blog participants section. If you try to post but can't, please let me know, and I'll update the email address for you. 

I hope this will be a family activity that we can all participate in and enjoy.

I love you!

Mom

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Remembering Dad - Blog Intro - 2006

Family,

We had our traditional 7-course New Year's dinner yesterday to "kick off" 2006, as Anthony put it in his blessing on the food. Janette was sick with the flu, so she and Brandan weren't able to come. One of the things we did during the meal was go around the table and say something we miss about Dad. Curtis said he misses Dad's smile. Anthony said he misses Dad's hard work. Candice said she misses his stories, and I said I miss his eyes.

After one of the courses, we went around the table and told something we want to do during 2006. I've kind of been thinking about this. With all the happiness over Anthony and Candice's news of another little Hawkley in the making, I do feel sad when I think that Rachel and d'Artagnan are the only Hawkley grandchildren who will remember Grandpa Hawkley on this side of heaven.

I was fortunate to meet and interact with all four of my grandparents as a young child. Still, my memories of all but Grandma Price, who lived with us for several years when I was a teenager and who was still alive when Clayton was a baby, are sparse. I depend on excerpts from my Aunt Margaret's journal (Grandpa Thomas's sister), including her childhood in Swan Lake, Idaho, to give me a sense of my Thomas heritage, which, as it turns out, is rather complicated. Getting to know my grandparents through Aunt Margaret's descriptions . . . their successes and struggles . . . helps me realize they are real people who contributed in a major way to my own experiences. It turns out that "stuff" really does get passed down through the generations. For the most part, that's a good thing in our family. Plus it gives me insight into my parents' family and even helps me understand our Hawkley family as well.

Anyway . . . in thinking about this, I've decided something I want to do in 2006 is start a "Remembering Dad" blog. Dan(ny) showed me how to start a blog when I visited Colorado last summer. Since this will be a work-in-progress rather than product-oriented, we can change formats along the way if there is a better one. I'm not up on all the computer stuff as they come out. I'd like everyone to be able to add to it (or not).

I think recorded memories of Dad and our family can be an important reference point for us, your children and even your grandchildren later. Also, I think it will help me in the grieving process, which as it turns out, doesn't have a finish line. What do you think?

Love,

Mom

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