[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, Lady. You have so many interesting stories to tell! That is one of the nice things about life in the military. Only growing up in the military would I have been able to experience such a wide range of things, like Christmas "beach parties" on Guam, and waiting in that endless line filing past JFK's casket in the Capitol rotunda. At the time, of course, I had no idea how enriching these life experiences were. The military life is often not easy on families, but I wouldn't have traded my childhood for anything. :-)

[LadyX]

When you were filing past the casket in D.C., Mama_Bear, I was in Fairbanks - and four months later went through the Good Friday Earthquake.

Then living in town in a two-story house with basement, I had to sit down on the kitchen floor and put my baby in my lap, the whole house rocking like a ship on a very high sea!

Decision Time - flee before the house caved in on us - or go outside where it was in late March 20 below zero?!!
Ah, those 'choices' - I just knew there was a chasm out there with My Name on it, waiting to swallow me!

When the snow finally melted off the ground in late May, there was a two-inch crack all the way across the yard, parallel to the house.

Yep - sometimes we are absolutely right going with feminine intuition - LOL.

[Issaquahking]

Mama_Bear you were on Guam? My father was there during WWII fighting for freedom as a U.S. Marine in the 40's. I went over there during "the bust" in the 80's from Alaska. Lived up above Tumon Bay and tourrist row. Used to walk up from Tahiti Rama'a to the condo. What a cool little place in the Pacific for a working vacation. Spent over six months there, and had a great time - even learned what deer tastes like from up by Anderson!