OldFriends

One of the blessings of this past year has been visiting with old friends. Today, Margaret and Loring Winthrop stopped by. We have not had much time with them for quite a while as they lost their son Matt to esophageal cancer last spring. It was such a nice visit to talk in depth with them about their loss and life etc. We met in 1973 right after we moved to Portland. Our oldest sons are the same age and Matt and Pete were just a month apart.Their daughter,Amy, was in between their boys. From Margaret, we met the Jim and Jan Johnson who also had two sons Jimmy and Jeff. We all shared Thanksgiving for many years. Now, Jan is gone, Matt is gone and Norm is on hospice and it just doesn't seem possible. More later.