My friend Martha and I have been friends
for a very long time.
We have been friends forever.
We met in the First Baptist Church
in my hometown.
Martha had come from California
to Massachusetts in 1946.
She had a CA accent and the children
in our Sunday School class
were teasing her about it.
We children were used to our MA accent.
To make a long story short
I told the others to leave her alone.
I was very shy and bashful back then. LOL
When I first met Martha
I did not realize that she was the minister's daughter.
As we became very close friends
we started spending many happy hours
playing together in her room.
Martha and I were in second grade when we met.
We were still best of friends in twelfth grade.
Here we are in our new jumpers in 1955.
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As you can see, Martha was six inches
After graduation,Martha went on to college
I had my heart set
I married in 1957 and
taller than me.
Our school chums tagged us as
"Mutt and Jeff."
and then seminary
and she became an
ordained Baptist minister in 1964.
on becoming a teacher
after graduation.
My financial backing for attending
Salem State
fell through and I took a job
in a department store.
Martha married in 1961.
We corresponded with each other
for many years.
We only saw each other a few times
after our highschool graduation.
I really missed being with her.
After many years of letter writing
and sending cards,
Martha and I finally got to see
one another in 1984.
What a great reunion.
It was like we had never been apart.
Since then we have visited
each other every year.
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In October of 1989, Martha invited me to spend
Martha is a great photographer.
Martha's picture of
a week in Ocean City, MD.
We enjoyed an Indian Summer.
The weather was wonderful.
She always finds
a spectacular view of nature.
These are two alley views in
Rockport,MA on Bear Neck.
the Rockport Motif
Martha inspired me to finish my college degree.
I graduated in May 1998 with a BA in History and Sociology.
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Here we are on our recent vacation
Martha took several scenic
She loves to take pictures of the ocean
Martha and I look forward to the times
Time spent with a friend is
at my three son's camp on the
Kangamangas in NH.
pictures of this trail.
and mountains when she visits.
we spend together and we try to
create special memories
by the pictures that she takes
of those times.
time well spent.
