From
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Memory
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Date
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Susan
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Dad protecting the glass of
ice in the freezer that he would re-use for his RC cola.
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1960s
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Susan
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Fixing up with Dad and Alan the club
house in the backyard of Brouse
Drive, painting it green. Loved that trap
door.
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1960s
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Susan
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Sneaking a peek at Dad and
Mom playing cards with friends on card tables in the living room at Brouse Drive. Playing under the tables (covered with table cloths) in the
morning with Alan.
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1960s
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Susan
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Dad singing "K-K-K Katy" in the kitchen at Brouse
Drive.
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1960s
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Susan
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Dad trying to throw his used
paper napkin in Mom's glass (and sometimes succeeding).
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1960s +
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Susan
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Dad mowing the front lawn of Brouse Drive
with me standing on the white picket fence bellowing out,
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1960s late
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"For He's A Jolly Good Fellow".
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Susan
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Dad saying he had "important business to attend to," which meant he was going to take a nap on the couch (like Dagwood Bumstead).
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1960s late
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Susan
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Trying to learn to "prime the pump" at the bottom of the steps at the cottage at Muskegon
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1960s late
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Susan
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Walking around the farm with Dad and Uncle Neal, with Dad carefully listening to Uncle Neal try to
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1960s late
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communicate (after his
stroke), when mostly all he could do was swear.
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Susan
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After years of playing
tennis in long pants, Dad buying his first pair of tennis shorts.
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1960s late
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Susan
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Snuggling on the couch on Brouse Drive, Dad's leg on the back of the couch, and me pulling his pant leg
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1960s mid
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saying, "Choo Choo"
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Susan
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Watching Dad organize table tennis tournaments at the Civic Center in Wadsworth, then later at Steiner
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1960s -mid 1970s
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Center.
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Susan
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Dad complaining about clutter on the kitchen table.
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1960s to 2005
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Susan
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Jumping in the waves of Lake Michigan with Dad and Alan while Mom
snoozed on the beach.
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1960s to early 70s
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Susan
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Watching lots and lots of Indians games at Brouse
Drive, with Dad on the couch and me sitting on the
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1960s to early 70s
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floor cheering for Duke Sims and Tony Horton and Buddy Bell and Sam McDowell.
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Susan
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Playing lots and lots of card games at the kitchen table on Brouse Drive.
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1960s to late 1970s
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Susan
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Coming home from St. Mark's with the church
bulletin, then sitting next to Dad on the piano bench as we played and sang the hymns together.
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1960s to mid 70s
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Susan
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Hearing Dad love to complain
about how he would give me money to pay for fast food, etc., then never
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1970s
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getting the change back.
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Susan
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Dad telling stories about old
days at the Cottage - catching curtains on fire ...
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1970s
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Susan
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Playing lots and lots and
lots of tennis at Durling Courts in Wadsworth
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1970s
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Susan
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Dad arguing with Alan about
the length of his hair in high school.
|
1970s early
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Susan
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Going to a table tennis
tournament in Columbus, staying overnight at a motel.
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1970s early
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Susan
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Having races with Dad and
Alan up and down the steps at the cottage at Muskegon
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1970s early
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Susan
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Playing mixed doubles in a
table tennis tournament at the Civic Center in Wadsworth
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1970s early
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Susan
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Driving to an Indians game
with Dad, Mom, Alan and Mark Stephenoff, with our "straight-A tickets",
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1970s early
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going around trying to find a
cheap/free lot to park in.
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Susan
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Going with Dad to a specialty
store to get his tennis racquet strung and to buy his tennis shoes.
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1970s early
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Susan
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Dad talking with his mother
on the phone about the Browns and the Indians.
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1970s early
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Susan
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Coming home to Westwood Ave
on a college break, driving in and before even going inside, Dad asking me to go on the roof to help
him fix something.
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1970s late
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Susan
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When between jobs, Dad
watching "Mr Rogers" and talking about how good the show was.
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1970s mid
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Susan
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Dad dropping me off in a
parking lot near the Civic Center with the car, saying I had to stay
there until I
|
1975
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learned how to change the
tire on the car. Otherwise, I could not get my drivers license.
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Susan
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Driving with Dad in an icy
parking lot, with him making me spin the car out of control and
bringing it
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1975 winter
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back in control.
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Susan
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Dad timing his regular walks
from Westwood Ave.
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1980s
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Susan
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Dad talking with his mother
at Westgate Apartments about anything she wanted to talk about.
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1980s
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Susan
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Driving to Michigan State,
with Dad commenting how polite everyone was
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1982 Dec
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Susan
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Driving onto a snowy
ballfield by mistake in Muskegon, having to go to a neighbor's to call
a tow truck,
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1982 Dec
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but not getting very upset
about it.
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Susan
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Driving back from Michigan
with no headlights because no repair garage was open
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1982 Dec
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Maya
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Grandpa teaching us all to
play "Oh Hell" card game (or "Oh Heck" as we called it then)
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1990s
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Maya
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Grandpa giving me sodas as a
kid out of his fridge. A huge treat at the time, as we never got them
at home.
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1990s
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Maya
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It seems for much of my
childhood, Grandpa was always sipping his Diet Coke from a glass.
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1990s
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Maya
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Grandpa
showing the doghouse in the backyard of their house in Wadsworth. I loved
that place and would
always bug him to let me play in it.
|
1990s
early
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Ram
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Getting
up at 5:30AM to be ready to ride into the U of Akron
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1994 Fall
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Ram
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Stopping
by to say 'hi to my mother' at the Wadsworth cemetery on the way home
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1994 Fall
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Maya
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Grandpa
showing me the Sinterklaas game online ... still obsessed with it
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1998
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Rajan
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Playing
table tennis with Grandpa in our basement in Bainbridge
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1998
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Jay
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Cuddling
with Grandpa in his big chair and watching sports or Jeopardy on TV
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1999+
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Susan
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Dad
loading the dishwasher after all our messy family dinners without a
fuss
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2000+
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Rajan
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Going to
watch the Ohio State - Penn State
game at the Horseshoe
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2001 fall
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Rajan
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Calling
Grandpa after (or during) every
Buckeyes game I watch to kibitz all of Tressel's decisions (or find
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2001+
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out how
much of a time delay there is between our TVs)
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Jay
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Wrestling
with Grandpa in his big chair and sometimes getting a little too rough
for my Dad
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2005+
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Jay
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Throwing
the Frisbee to the fence and back in Trappe with Grandpa
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2005+
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Jay
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Grandpa
and Grandma being there for almost all of my WRA soccer games, getting
hugs and treats ,
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2005+
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afterward.
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Maya
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Grandpa
and Grandma coming to my first cross
country Leagues at Hunsberger Woods in Collegeville.
|
2006 Fall
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Maya
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Talking to
Grandpa on
the phone
about my track meets
and cross country meets.
|
2006-2010
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Jay
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Hiking with Grandpa near Lock 60 and managing to get
lost in the woods and
barely managing to find
|
2008?
Summer
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our way home --
and worrying Grandma.
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When Grandpa took
me to my
lacrosse game, but I managed to forget one glove, two arm
pads and my
|
2009
spring
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Jay
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stick.
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Jay
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Being there
for my 11th birthday, racing little cars at
the hobby shop
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2010
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Rajan
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Visiting
me in New York, walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and just sitting in my
room talking about life
|
2010
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Jay
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Grandpa
taking pictures at my Blue Bell Elementary graduation.
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2010 June
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