Off to the Farm We Go

Been a little rough this week, but headed to the farm hopefully will put some peace of mind to troubled times. Stopped in Hannibal to get supplies and loaded up on Burger King. Arrived at the farm around 7:30, found Grandma in the Garden cutting asparagus, a spring treasure. Rem headed straight to the pond to fish. With all the winter kill this year fishing may not be to good. We all convened around the dinner table to talk about the latest news. Rem was talking about his World History teacher would love to see Great Grandfather Albert's World War I helmet and bayonet. Informed him that he was not taking that to school, but there where a lot of old pictures. He dived right in and couldn't believe we had all of this information. So he picked out some of the pictures and information to bring home. He also was amazed to find out that Grandmothers brothers Phil was in WW II with the 4th Armored Div under Patton and fought at the Battle of the Bulge and Bob was a pilot well before WW II and the seven original astronauts were friends of his. Gordon Cooper was his next door neighbor and Scott Carpenter lived a couple houses down. After 20 yrs of service they might've had something to do with Bob getting on at NASA. My Grandparents and there siblings are the Greatest Generation as Tom Brokaw describes.