July 2017

15 Oak Street To me this is home. More than Fairport, more than Michigan.

This is where my childhood memories are from.

Geneseo New York. My mother's birthplace.

Grandma and Grandpa Slaight moved here after Uncle John was born(I think)

Up till then they lived and raised their 5 children on the family farm.

Mom and Aunt Betty were born on Oak street.
You can raise a girl in the city but you can't take the country out of her.

My grandparents finally resting place. It is a peaceful place

in Geneseo. Up around the corner from home.

I was surprised after 19 years I could still find the stone and get us around

the country side.

Two of my favorite people.

Uncle John AKA "Uncle Milk" later in life he was "Uncle Bud".

When I stayed there I loved milk and he would give it to me so

he became Uncle Milk.

Aunt Peggy was quite the lady. Always loving and shopping.

I really miss hearing their laughter. That is what is great about this family

they are all full of laughter and love.

Grandpa was the county treasure for forty some years.
Thanks to Aunt Ruth we found the portrait that still hangs
in the new Treasury department behind the court house.





We visited with Uncle Bill and Aunt Ruth on the farm Monday.
First we road up past the farm and visited the cemetery
where my great grandparents Nora and William Redmond
are buried. Also it is where Aunt Ruth and Uncle Bill still attend church.




We went for a 10 minute hug and stayed for a while longer.

Which would include lunch with Aunt Ruth's homemade

bread. Ummmmm great! We asked for a few recipes and

received them in the mail a few days later.

What a great visit we had. It completed my visit back home.

These are memories and really more a feeling of love in my heart I have carried all my life

and hopefully I passed on to my children. And they will pass that

on to their children.

Family's are a wonderful thing. It is an unconditional love.

After 19 years with Christmas cards between us, I feel the love.

Time has pasted and we are getting older but that just makes the love stronger.

Thank you God.