Here's how we will manage this blog.
1. If you have a question for Annabelle, simply email Carol and she will put your question up. Annabelle will answer your question in the comment below it. If you feel you need to ask further details about the answer, feel free to have a conversation back and forth with Annabelle in the comments section.
2. Try to make sure you are not asking the same question that someone else did. Scroll up and read through other questions.
3. You can ask more than one question, we will just have one question at a time, then let someone else ask, then go back to your next one.
When the 80th birthday PARTY comes around (January 28th in Mesa, AZ), we will make sure you all get a copy of the information!
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
SAVE THE DATE COMING SOON!!! January 28th, 2017
Everyone should receive their Save the Date card in the regular postal mail soon. We sure hope you can all make it!
Celebrating 80 Years!
Here is an excerpt from the book The Rainbow Comes and Go's by Anderson Cooper. This is what inspired the idea of asking Annabelle to recall stories, likes, dislikes, favorite memories, anything from her last 80 years that would be fun to know!
From Anderson Cooper's book THE RAINBOW COMES AND GOES
80 years ago on this day, I was born. I recall a note from my Aunt Gertrude, that I received on a birthday long ago. “Just think, today you are 17 whole years old!” she wrote. Well, today—I am 80 whole years old—a hell of a lot wiser, but somewhere still 17. What is the answer (to life)?What is the secret (to life)? Is there one? That e-mail between me and my mom and its three questions started the conversation that ended up changing our relationship, bringing us closer than either of us had ever thought possible. It’s the kind of conversation I think many parents and their grown children would like to have, and it has made this past year the most valuable of my life. By breaking down the walls of silence that existed between us, I have come to understand my mom and myself in ways I never imagined. I know now that it’s never too late to change the relationship you have with someone important in your life: a parent, a child, a lover, a friend. All it takes is a willingness to be honest and to shed your old skin, to let go of the long-standing assumptions and slights you still cling to. After all, if not now, when?
From Anderson Cooper's book THE RAINBOW COMES AND GOES
80 years ago on this day, I was born. I recall a note from my Aunt Gertrude, that I received on a birthday long ago. “Just think, today you are 17 whole years old!” she wrote. Well, today—I am 80 whole years old—a hell of a lot wiser, but somewhere still 17. What is the answer (to life)?What is the secret (to life)? Is there one? That e-mail between me and my mom and its three questions started the conversation that ended up changing our relationship, bringing us closer than either of us had ever thought possible. It’s the kind of conversation I think many parents and their grown children would like to have, and it has made this past year the most valuable of my life. By breaking down the walls of silence that existed between us, I have come to understand my mom and myself in ways I never imagined. I know now that it’s never too late to change the relationship you have with someone important in your life: a parent, a child, a lover, a friend. All it takes is a willingness to be honest and to shed your old skin, to let go of the long-standing assumptions and slights you still cling to. After all, if not now, when?
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