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By: Paul S Cilwa |
Posted: 10/9/1991 |
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Mrs. Agnes E. Steinberg
c/o Manor Care
12475 Lee Jackson Hwy
Fairfax, VA 22033
Two weeks ago Mary and my Mom and I drove to
Bar Harbor, Maine. It was a long drive out there but it sure was
beautiful...the prettiest place I've ever seen, even including
Virginia. I hope we can go back and spend a week, maybe next summer.
Last weekend we rented a minivan and we all
drove to New York City. We went to the top of the World Trade
Center and took a boat out to the Statue of Liberty.
Mary has always wanted to go inside the Statue, so we did. It
took two hours. It was 22 stories altogether. The first ten
stories are in the pedestal, and the line moved very slowly. We
would take three steps, wait five minutes, take three more steps,
wait another five minutes, and so on. Finally we got to the interior
of the Statue. We moved more steadily, then, but it was up a very
narrow spiral stairway that corkscrewed right up through the center
of the Statue. We climbed up twelve stories that way. When we
finally got to the top we had about thirty seconds to look out the
windows that form the Statue's crown; then we had to go back down.
The spiral staircase was actually two stairs, up and down
intertwined. On the way down Mary got a cramp in her leg and had to
be wheeled back to the ferry in a wheelchair! It was a strenuous
experience, worth it for the one time, but we wouldn't want to do it
again.
Tuesday we put my Mom on the plane back to
Florida. We won't see her again until spring, I guess.
Dorothy, as you may know, got her G.E.D.
(Graduation Equivalency Diploma) a month or so ago. Yesterday Karen
took and passed the test for hers. We are very proud of both of
them, of course. Dottie is already taking courses to become a
nurse's aide, and Karen is making arrangements to start junior
college as well. Both girls are working (at Pizza Hut). Karen's
boyfriend, D.J., also works at Pizza Hut; after just a month he's
been promoted to night manager. John just brought home an excellent
report card from high school, so we are happy with all the
stay-at-homes.
We're sorry to hear you've decided to move to
California but we respect your decision. Should you change your
mind, you're always welcome with us.
Love, Paul