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| She is so sadly missed. |
| 04.17.04 (1:15 pm) [edit] |
This has been a very sad week for me. I lost a dear sister-in-law, Nelly. She is the sister who had the 70th wedding anniversary the sixth of January this year. She has been part of our family for over 70 years. She is so sadly missed.
I pray for my brother to hang in there. I know what he is going through. I lost Lee after 41, and it isn't easy when you lose a part of yourself. Those two grew up together. Roland at 19 and Nelly at 16. Isn't it great they had all those years together?
I love you, Roland. Your sister, Vera.
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| My great fish story - A true one! |
| 04.06.04 (4:13 pm) [edit] |
A true fish story--circa 1966
Speaking of fishing, I have to tell you about my great experience. It was quite different from crawfishing. Lee and I went to a convention in Hollywood, Florida. He had a free day so we went fishing. To this day, it is hard to understand why a husband would take his wife on the kind of fishing day we had, but it was great.
![]() =http://img47.photobucket.com/... align=right alt="Vera and Lee" hspace=10 vspace=10We went to Fort Lauderdale and rented a boat--just the two of us. The boat had two bucket seats in the back. We were out in the Atlantic Ocean, when all at once, there was a catch on my line.
Now my experience fishing with a rod and reel was nil. I started making such a beautiful circle; and in the meantime, the skipper always kept that fish behind the boat. Of course with all the turns he made, we were drenched with all the water splashing on us.
The skipper was on ship-to-shore radio, keeping other boats out of his way. I must have been on that reel for half an hour or so, giving that fish leeway, then reeling him in. Anyway, I was getting tired and not making those beautiful circles anymore. It was like push-pull!
Lee took over for me. I don't know how long he was working that fish! He told the deckhand he thought the line was too tight. Well, the deckhand must have misunderstood for he tightened up on it, and lo, there went that fish!
The skipper was so mad at that young man. He said the fish was an albacore tuna and would say it was about 300 pounds. Quite a thrill and a big disappointment at the same time. When we got back to the dock, people were lined up, even camera men. It's a shame I couldn't get my picture made. No FISH!
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