Dick and Myrtle

OUR LAST DAYS IN PAKISTAN
It was October of 1967, time to register for our “Extension of Stay” permit so we would be prepared for returning [...]

Dear Family, Loving Greetings this Easter season! Since I didn’t get
out a Christmas letter to everyone, I decided the Easter message was
really too good not to share, so in my own words, I will use Email and
attach a couple of things I have written in the past. If you don’t
have time or don’t wish to [...]

Funny, but I don’t feel any older today, Thursday, than I did last
week when I was 80!  However…
First, I want to thank my precious family for all the things they did.
 I have, indeed received your cards, wishes and packages–all of them,
and what surprises they were!– and YOU will receive some more
personal notes later.  What a [...]

I am still going thru all these pictures and masses of memorabilia.  It is such fun to reminisce and remember the many, many joys and blessings in our life!  It was greater than I could ever have imagined to have FIVE kids and now all those grandkids!
This is a picture of Gramps Thompson and his [...]

Here we are in 1966.

It is going to be so exciting to see everyone down at the beach this November!  So glad to hear you are coming!
Dad and I will be arriving sometime during the week and staying with either David or Jim (depending on who has the closest bathroom!).
The essentials these days are a place for a nap [...]

Learning how to do a blog!  An old lady like me learning something new like this?
Jim thinks it isn’t that hard; he doesn’t know what an OLD mind forgets!

For now, we’ll leave this Home page as the one where new posts appear.
If you want to author your own posts, send Jim a request at jimthompsonmd@gmail.com to be set up with authoring permission.  If you just want Jim to  create a post for you, put the content in an email and send it to [...]