Grandma (Gram)

Here come nearly two years of our lives. But no Christmases!

Reasons for not having a massive Christmas orgy in 1973:

• Mom and Dad got divorced.
• Dad got remarried. Christmas orgy with Ewwww-deena? I don't think so.
• Karen was the only one of us still living at home. The rest of us were in college or beyond. We're getting a little old for that kind of stuff.

No Christmas orgy in 1974:

• See above.

What we do see are:

• More branding at Mabel's
• Beth graduates from Highlands University. Pictures of a graduation! A first!
• 1974 passes without a single picture (in this collection...some time ago I shared with the family some pictures of a trip Jack and Eudena took through the Grand Canyon and Salt Lake City. I wonder where those pictures are.)
• Karen and Dad took a trip to Emporia in January 1975.
• Dad and Peggy took a trip to Emporia for Gradma's (Gram's) funeral.
• Mom and Karen took a trip to Washington, DC, and Gettysburg. Whoever took the pictures didn't know how to properly set the exposure. Most are underexposed. Lots are almost black. Sorry, there's not much I could do to bring out detail. I left them all in for some reason.
• You don't see a single picture with me in it. Bobbie is absent, too.

Everyone seems to call Grandma "Gram." I don't remember calling her that.

Here is June 1973 through April 1975.

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