On This Day 62 Years Ago........

.......my brother, Bernard, was born.

I remember that day in 1952 because he had beaten his four other siblings

as far as weight goes.....he weighed in at 12 lbs. 1 oz!!

He was a big baby!

And of the eventual nine children, he kept this family record.

Many years have passed since Bernard died back in 1972

 two months before his 20th birthday.

I have often imagined what it would have been like if he was still with us.

That is a futile exercise to be sure.

I prefer to remember him as he was..... feisty yet gentle, intelligent, lover of all music,

great conversationalist, and wonderful brother.