Joan Loves the Color Blue...

Joan Hennessy
You were born in 1930, and grew up in Williston Park, Long Island, on Collins Avenue, just 2 blocks over from Leo Blatz, who lived on Park Avenue. You went to Mineola High School, and knew the Blatz family because you were friends with June, who lived across the street on Park Avenue. At first, because you were not allowed to cross the street, you and Alice and June just yelled to each other. Then, over the years you became closer friends and were together because you belonged to the Young Adults Club at St. Aidan’s Church. Later, you visited with the Blatz family out on the north shore of Long Island on Peconic Bay, where they always rented a summer cottage or two for a few weeks.
One Easter you accompanied the Blatz family to the convent where Marie was living, and where there was a piñata.
Favorite excursions included the Flying L Ranch, which is a dude ranch in New York State, where single people liked to go in their 20’s and beyond.
You like Hawaiian Music and Frank Sinatra and many others.
When Sarah, Leo’s first grandchild was a baby, you were sailing with Leo out on Peconic Bay, and had a very good time, laughing and made us wonder who you were. Now we know you as a wonderful, and amazing person, who was part of the family all along. Happy Birthday to a great stepmom, grandma and friend!
Thanks for being so good to all of us and for making our lives so full of love and happiness.

Obama Won!!!

I was treated to a visit with Danny and his friend, Jules, last night. They came so Danny could "Rock the Vote!" Dan is still a registered voter in his home town, so his friend drove down with him from Boston. I had the night off from work, so we shared a pizza and caught up on each other's lives. Matt called from NH, where he and Catherine were working with a delegation to get the voters out in that area.
Of course, after going to bed early, the boys came back from their night out and said it was still undecided about the election. I went to my laptop around midnight, and read, "Barack Obama becomes the first Black President of the United States of America". I screamed down to tell them and turned on NPR all over the house to hear and see (on the computer) the acceptance speech. I was crying because it seemed so great that what we were hoping had come true! It was magical.
Now the work begins, I hope the "Yes, we can" rings true. We have to!

Our place to communicate

This is an opportunity to tell our stories! I am learning this at school and have high hopes for it as a family project. Please forgive the initial problems with the old blog.
Love,
Nancy