THE FIRST TIME WE MET!

THIS IS FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN;

ANSWER TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM MY GRANDMA BIRTHDAY BOOK.

QUESTION: TELL US ABOUT THE FIRST TIME YOU & GRANDPA MET?

ANSWER:

YOU'RE GOING TO LAUGH, AND THINK THIS IS SO SILLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE WERE ABOUT YOUR AGE BLAISE, WHEN WE FIRST MET! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? WE MET IN THE SUMMER OF 1966, GRANDPA WAS 9 1/2 YEARS OLD AND I HAD JUST TURNED 7 YEARS OLD. GRANDPA'S FAMILY HAD JUST MOVED TO FALLBROOK, CALIFORNIA. "THE FRIENDLY VILLAGE" (THAT IS THE NAME OF THE TOWN WE LIVED IN) FROM LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA. MY FAMILY HAD MOVED TO FALLBROOK, JUST ABOUT 4 MONTHS EARLIER, FROM BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA. SO EVEN BEFORE WE MET, WE DIDN'T LIVE TOO FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, AND BOTH OUR FAMILY'S DECIDED TO MOVE TO FALLBROOK IN THE SAME YEAR, (OUR FAMILIES DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER THEN) SO I BELIEVE IT MUST HAVE BEEN FATE. FALLBROOK WAS A VERY SMALL TOWN. IT ONLY HAD ONE WARD, AND ONE VERY SMALL CHURCH BUILDING. SO WHEN GRANDPA AND HIS FAMILY WENT TO CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT IS WHERE WE FIRST MET. AT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND PRIMARY. SINCE WE WERE BOTH SO YOUNG, WE REALLY CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DAY, OR ANYTHING SPECIFIC, OTHER THAN I'M SURE WE SANG THE WELCOME SONG TO HIM AND HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS. SO YOU SEE GRANDPA AND I GREW UP TOGETHER, (WE ARE STILL GROWING UP TOGETHER). WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER ALMOST OUR ENTIRE LIVES. WE ATTENDED SUNDAY SCHOOL, PRIMARY, MUTUAL, STAKE DANCES, AND CHURCH ACTIVITIES TOGETHER. CAN YOU IMAGINE, THAT YOU COULD MARRY SOMEBODY FROM YOUR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS? WE NEVER IMAGINED!