Family Updates From Stoney

FROM:
Bob Stonecipher

11-28-11

We just returned from a wonderful Thanksgiving with our oldest daughter and favorite granddaughter in Columbia , SC. Joining us was my daughter’s special friend and his oldest son.
We have many things for which to be thankful. Those near the top of the list include:
1] My wife’s complete surprise that I have never regretted retiring. Retirement is a ball.
2] Despite a company closing, cutbacks, and threats of layoffs, both my daughters and their loved ones survived the year with their dreams intact.
3] My granddaughter’s father [and my former son-in-law] recently transferred from Afghanistan to Qatar . Hopefully he will remain there until January when he returns to his National Guard unit.
4] Our granddaughter remains undaunted in her freshman year at Clemson University . She certainly did not acquire her serene confidence from her paternal grandparents.
I probably should have added to the list the fun I had when we returned to Atlanta and read all of the emails. It was more fun than trying to find room for a second piece of pie following my daughter’s Thanksgiving feast. The Athens city of Indiana certainly has produced a wonderful group of people. Would everyone allow David Walls to post these responses into his web site? Assuming David would agree, of course. I think a “Day in the life of the Class of 64” would be enjoyed by all.

Finally. O.K. Galloway . Son, how did you get a yacht into the mountains of Afghanistan !??...or is that Tora Bora?