My beloved mother is turning 90 this coming Sunday. It’s definitely cause for celebration in our family. And that is exactly what we’re going to do. My brother and his wife are hosting a birthday party for mom at their beautiful 6-acre property on the outskirts of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
I flew up to Manitowoc on Wednesday. It still astonishes me that I can wake up in southwest Florida at about 5:30 a.m. and by noon I’m in Wisconsin. This trip was especially fun because on the flight I sat with two women, both of whom had serious Manitowoc connections. One was born and raised here but was 7 years younger than I am, and the other one lived here for about 20 years when she and her husband owned a flooring business not far from where mom lives now. The three of us talked nonstop about almost everything under the sun for the entire 3 hour flight . We laughed because, thank goodness, we landed before we got to politics.
Both of these women live about an hour from where I live here in Florida. We exchanged phone numbers and made a plan to get together a couple of months from now when we’re all back.
Wednesday was a great day for a couple of modern miracles.
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