<div dir="ltr">I'm always impressed when an octogenarian can come to the keyboard with such clear memories of an event 93 years in the past. My goodness, for you the be able to clearly remember those sad words from mom puts you at least five years old when the conversation took place, so you must be at least 98 today! Kudos to you, Mr. Neilmeyer, for being ambulatory enough to walk outside this evening, then get back into the house and write up such a ditty. <div>
<br></div><div>I bet your grandson Donnie helped you a bit... </div><div><br></div><div>I feel like one of those Puerto Rican girls in Mick Jagger's song, "Miss You" 'cause I'm "just dyin' to meet you!"</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Edward Neilmeyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.neilmeyer.esq@gmail.com">edward.neilmeyer.esq@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I sat outside this evening when the temperature dropped to a tolerable level and enjoyed the fireflies lighting up the yards around me.<br>
<br>I'm sure we all have memories of such a site.<br><br>My father went off to France in the spring of 1918 and my mother assured me he would return when the fireflies came out in the summertime.<br>
<br>He never returned, but I've always held on to what my mother was trying to convey to me, hope.<br><br>Fireflies have always filled me with wonder.<br><br>I hope everyone enjoys them too.<br><br>Ed<br>
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