The Three Donnas

First, I want to show you a picture out our back picture window. We are backed up to a lake and this is our view. The rest of the campground is gravel but it certainly looks good in this photo.



Now the story of the three Donnas. In the Fall of 1950 I started kindergarten at St. Bonaventure School. So did Donna K and Donna B. We had all been baptized at this parish church. We made our First Communion, were Confirmed and graduated grade school from there in 1959, going on to Mercy High graduating in 1963. Donna K and I went on to work at P&G with me leaving in 1981 to move to Michigan and she continued on, retiring in the late 1990s. We all were married there also. It has been torn down in the last decade which broke all our hearts.

Today we met at our RV for lunch. I made BBQ using a recipe Donna B's mother had given me almost 50 years ago. We had such a GREAT time. There were tears and hugs, with lots of pictures. They brought our First Communion picture, the next class's First Communion picture where Donna K and I were "leaders" and our 8th grade graduation picture. There were other pictures of dances and proms we all attended. And guess what? I still have the same date as I did in all those pictures from sophomore year on!!!! I played the DVD our girls' made of our whole life that was shown at the 40th anniversary party they gave us three years ago.

Ted took off to allow us girls a gabfest and headed to Argosy Casino. He came back a few hours later and said he left when he was up $25. If we run out of people to see and things to do, we may make another trip there to give me a chance to lose that $25 for Ted.

These are the events that make our visits to Cincinnati so enjoyable. I've heard from another grade school friend and she has invited me to dinner tomorrow night. I hope to have some more pictures.