Teresa Maloney:  

I guess I've been a real curmudgeon not keeping in touch for all these years. It seemed something was always going on about the time of a significant reunion--extra busy at work, something with the kids. So it doesn't seem possible it's been what, 37 years??? The day after I graduated from high school, Dad had all of us loaded up with a travel trailer behind the car and we were on our way to Alaska for his last duty assignment. Can you imagine a Chevrolet jammed with five kids, a dog, a cat, and a chain-smoking cranky woman in the front seat? It was a brutal trip, let me tell you! ha! At the Canadian border, they asked Dad what was in the car, and he told them, "Five house apes, a dog, a cat, and a pissed off wife." The agent just told him, "Go on thru you poor bloke." Frankly, it was pretty awful to move from Texas to AK for the first winter. We were all sunlight affective and Mom started menopause...yikes!!! Boy, did we need a sunny vacation in Hawaii or something. That didn't happen, but we managed to survive the first winter! I spent most of my time in Alaska, where I love the long days of summer, but the dark, cold winters can be really torturous. I had an insight when writing to Teresa Sinclair awhile ago...I really like having a home and don't like moving (maybe after all of Dad's time in the military.) So, maybe I was just too lazy to pack??? Let's ...Expand for more