The year 1970 is permanently engraved in my memory. Lots of things happened that year that irrevocably changed my family and those things still have an impact on me today.
In July 1970 I had my third birthday.
That same year, my paternal grandfather, Grandpa Oberg, died. I don’t remember him unfortunately, but I have [...]

I laugh every time I see this photo of my brother, Jeff, playing dress-up at my sister, Becky’s, wedding. He reminded me of someone we used to know a long time ago when we still lived in Nebraska.

Last weekend I continued my quest to scan more old photos, especially slides, so that more people, especially family and friends, could see them. I was particularly excited to unearth slides from my very first trip to New Zealand, in 1986. Viewing them brought back so many memories. At that point in [...]

Today my brother, Dan, and sister, Debbie, who are twins, turn 40 years old. Amazing. I am the youngest of seven children (five boys and two girls; an eighth child, Donny, died when he was 18 months old). Dan and Debbie are the next youngest siblings. When we were kids, we [...]

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My mother alerted me to the fact that my sister, Becky, was recently featured in the newsletter for the Canterbury (New Zealand) District Health Board. Becky recently began a new position for the health board as Professional Development and Recognition Program (PDRP) Facilitator. Cool! I miss my sister and her [...]

My brother, Dan, digitized many family photos a while ago. I’ve chosen a few to show here.
Below is a photo of all of my family members on the afternoon of our wedding in January 2000, including my six brothers and sisters and almost all of my nieces and nephews and one of my cousins. [...]

I was looking out the window toward our backyard one day recently, when I noticed movement near the door to our garden shed. I thought at first that it was just the groundhog again, the one that lives under the shed. But when I looked more closely, I could see some different colors and knew [...]