Friday, November 30, 2018

short visit, long history

Had a remarkable visit from two out-of-state unrelated family members, related to a short-lived period of a shared relative - my close step-mother, JoAnn.

Elby and Claudia ('Wylie' family, Oklahoma) flew in quickly in and out, to share photos, to understand each others own perspective - and to clarify our own personal relationship to a very unique and extraordinary woman.  Three days over breakfast, lunch and dinner we must have shared a 100 photos and a thousand stories - all gaining new friendships.

JoAnn Wylie, Glass, Cooke, McCourtney (1925-1968) - 43 years.

A few photos from Elby (Wylie's) collection.

Oklahoma City






Missouri farm



Sarasota home





Bobby Toombs portrait (Sarasota, 1960's) - during my teenage years, a fond, rare 'surrogate' mother.








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