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Posted on 03/07/2009 1:24:40 PM PST by martin_fierro
Happy Birthday, June: Fla. woman, 84, gets back on motorcycle again to relive happy memories
By TAMARA LUSH , Associated Press
BUCKHEAD RIDGE, Fla. — What do you get an 84-year-old lady for her birthday? That's what Carol Brown was thinking a few weeks ago. Her mother, June Pearce, was turning 84. The idea of buying and giving more stuff just didn't appeal to Brown.
"When you're 84, what is there?" she thought.
Pearce lives in a slow-paced retirement area near Lake Okeechobee in rural Florida. She's been married to the same man, Fred, for 64 years. Pearce is a wife and a mother. She's had a few strokes, which have robbed her mind of short-term memories. Lung cancer has claimed much of her strength.
But one memory has stuck with her: riding on the back of a boy's motorcycle in the 1930s.
"I wasn't scared at all," Pearce remembers.
It was exciting, possibly one of the most thrilling moments of her life. Pearce remembered sliding off the bike and the pain of scraping her leg, but loving it just the same. She told this story so many times that Brown can recite it by heart.
"It was during the depression," Brown said. "Not a lot of excitement happened then."
Brown thought of that story as she racked her brain, wondering what to do about the birthday. Then she had an idea.
"Come Give Granny A Ride On Your Hog," she typed into an ad on Craigslist.
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(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
What a thoughtful gift. “The Villages,” where my parents and a bazillion other old people live, has a motorcycle club.
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Nice story. We need these in this day and age.
That needed a hanky warning.
“But one memory has stuck with her: riding on the back of a boy’s motorcycle in the 1930s.”
I’m having some 1930’s negatives developed. One of them is of my mother sitting on a motorcycle, all dressed in satin. I can’t wait to see the print of it.
Scan it & post it on FR!
Thanks, I will. .....gotta learn how to post a photo first...yes, I have the instructions.
I plan to still be riding my bike at 84, which is a few years away. ;)
If you can attach it to an email, I’ll freepmail you my addie, and will post it for you..if you want to. :)
Thanks, I should have them back in a few days. I thought about posting it in July. If she were still living, that would have been my mother’s 100th birthday. Can you imagine the things she saw. Also in the same batch of negatives, I found ‘ration points’ from WW2. She saved everything.
Take a look:
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=+Think+it+can%27t+happen+%3F%3F%3F+THINK+again...
There are a lot of nice people in the world. They just don’t get any air time.
Pandy, I thought you would like this one! : )
(Hope you're feeling better...still praying for you.)
Every day should be an adventure, giving up fear and taking life by the horns, er....baby ape hangers.
Great story! I hope June proves the doctor wrong and outlives his prediction.
Thanks Lucy, I think it & hope is a great present hope to be riding at that age too. Hugs Pandy
Thanks Lucy, I think it & hope is a great present hope to be riding at that age too. Hugs Pandy
Laptop problems...... I think it is a great present & I hope to be able to ride at her age too.
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