REALIZING THAT I DON'T HAVE ROOM...I DECIDED TO PUT THIS UP HERE. FATHERS' DAY IS TOMORROW...SUNDAY/JUNE 17TH/2012...AND I HAVE DECIDED TO WRITE MY...'DADDY'...A LETTER/THE LAST TIME I WROTE WAS ON AUGUST 17TH...1956 WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND BECAUSE I WASN'T 16 YEARS OF AGE...I COULDN'T SEE HIM. ######### I HAVE WRITTEN ON MY FIRST SITE/FATHER'S DAY...BUT THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT, FOR IT INCLUDES ALL THE PICTURES MY MOTHER HAD TAKEN...MINUS 3...WITH THE CAMERA, GIVEN TO HER IN 1929...WHEN SHE WAS EXPECTING TO RECIEVE...AN ENGAGEMENT RING, AND TOLD ME HOW...'DISAPPOINTED'...SHE WAS TO RECEIVE A CAMERA. I'M CERTAINLY GLAD SHE DID...FOR, ALONG WITH HER DIARIES, I HAVE AN...'INCREDIBLE'...REPORT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE YEARS...SO LONG AGO. CAROLE E 11:46 AM ON SATURDAY THE 16TH OF JUNE...2012. I CREATED THIS 10TH SITE...YESTERDAY...AND IT WILL GET ...'PUBLISHED'...ON MONDAY.

##### DEAR DADDY, IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE WRITTEN AND I WISH TO LET YOU KNOW A FEW THINGS ABOUT ME. YOU REMEMBER HOW...'ATHLETIC'...I WAS (LIKE YOU) AND HOW PLEASED YOU WERE TO SEE MY FIRST TENNIS TROPHY AT THE AGE OF 14. YOU WERE SO PROUD...AND I REMEMBER IT...'SO WELL' YOU ONLY GOT TO SEE THAT...'FIRST ONE'...BUT I WENT ON TO WIN...5 MORE IN BRAINERD...BEFORE I LEFT FOR COLLEGE AT ST. CLOUD STATE. THINGS DON'T ALWAYS WORK OUT...THE WAY WE PLAN, AND YET I...'REALIZE'...THAT LATER ON... SO MANY OF THOSE...'DISAPPOINTMENTS/CIRCUMSTANCES/SITUATIONS/ETC.'... WHEN WE ARE YOUNG...HAVE A WAY OF...'MAKING SENSE'...LATER ON. EACH IS A...'STEPPING STONE'...TO SOMETHING ELSE...'ALONG THE WAY.' I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE 2 DAUGHTERS AND 4 GRANDCHILDREN. I ONLY WISH THAT YOU HAD BEEN HERE...TO SEE THEM. MY PASSIONS...BESIDE TENNIS...CAME LATER ON AND I NOW INCLUDE: DESIGNER...PHOTOGRAPHER...WRITER...ARTIST AND WILL INCLUDE: INVENTOR/BUT NOT YET! I SUPPOSE MOTHER HAS TOLD YOU THAT SHE LIVED ANOTHER 47 YEARS...ALONE. I AM NOW...'RETIRED'...AND ENJOYING THIS...'COTTAGE'...YOU BUILT IN 1926. THE BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS ME OUT HERE...IS/AS YOU KNOW...SO PEACEFUL! I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU VERY MUCH...SORRY I DIDN'T TELL YOU THOSE THINGS...EARLIER. LIKE MOTHER...I LOVE TO TAKE PICTURES, AND NOW WILL PUT UP THE CALENDAR...I MADE FOR HER...IN 1996. LOVE, CAROLE 12:15 PM/SATURDAY.