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greendalek303Since I'm now a grandparent myself (effective 8:39 pm, this past Monday, 10/24), I thought I'd take this opportunity to talk about Luna's great-great-grandmother, Mareli McGee Foley, on this, the occasion of what would have been her 99th birthday:
Meet Mareli...
In the years following Mareli's death, I've begun what I hope will be an enduring habit. Like her, I want to make certain that every year of my life contains at least one new thing, one new experience, one new visit, one new book, one new idea. Every year should have in it something you've never done before. So now, at the end of each calendar year, I put together what I call my Mareli List, and enumerate every new experience --something to distinguish the past 12 months with all my personal Firsts. For example, my Mareli List for 2016 includes: a cross-country train trip to San Francisco, a drink in a bar with my son, becoming a grandfather, trying horchata for the first time, watching Hayao Miyazaki movies, and attending a Star Wars themed wedding.
Happy birthday Mareli! Miss you.
Meet Mareli...
In the years following Mareli's death, I've begun what I hope will be an enduring habit. Like her, I want to make certain that every year of my life contains at least one new thing, one new experience, one new visit, one new book, one new idea. Every year should have in it something you've never done before. So now, at the end of each calendar year, I put together what I call my Mareli List, and enumerate every new experience --something to distinguish the past 12 months with all my personal Firsts. For example, my Mareli List for 2016 includes: a cross-country train trip to San Francisco, a drink in a bar with my son, becoming a grandfather, trying horchata for the first time, watching Hayao Miyazaki movies, and attending a Star Wars themed wedding.
Happy birthday Mareli! Miss you.
