Some of Terri’s favorite memories and stories:
- Winter mornings in Illinois…running to sit on top of the floor heater vents to stay warm
- Camping, fishing and canoe trips when we were little kids
- Family vacations
- Custom shaped birthday cakes made by Gramma
- Growing our own garden with Papa
- Yard work…lots of yard work in Illinois
- Sunday church
- The tornado at the Grand Haven, MI cottage – making a couch fort to keep us safe and distracted
- Learning how to cook with Gramma
- Gramma teaching me to drive- finally after having to wait until after we moved to California
- My first car
- Going to college
- Building the Escrow business with Papa
- Watching their faces glow with love, upon seeing each of their grandchildren for the first time
- Driving to Lake Arrowhead with Gramma- a day before the “men” arrived
- Celebrating holidays, especially Christmas
- Talking with Gramma almost every day …good ole girl talk