In Duluth 36 years now!

I can't believe that it's been 36 years since Bob brought me here from PA ... December, 1969 I would never have believed I would make it here for 36 years. I think as a dreamy bride, I was sure that after were were married I would be be able to talk him into moving back to PA! Boy, was I wrong there! I didn't know it then, but I've heard it been said that boys who grow up in Duluth never leave, and if they do they spend the rest of they life try to get back. So... I guess after spending 3 years in the army Bob was determined to "get back".

It was a real adjustment for me and we were married almost 20 years before I realized that,
gee, I guess I AM happy to be in Duluth, MN! I always said when I was growing up that I didn't want to marry a farmer. Years later, I kind of regretted saying that, because if I had married a farmer, I could have made my married home closer to my family. Well, Mother told me in
the first year of my marriage when I was crying about missing everyone, that after I had "roots
in Duluth...my own family" that I would be happy. She gave me no sympathy that first year,
because she knew if she did, I'd be on the first plane back to East Berlin. She was a smart
woman. If not for her advice, and she and Dad coming out to Duluth almost every other year,
I know I would not have made it. Oh, I must also say, I had a wonderful, sympathic Mother
in Law and "Auntie in laws" (3) that gave me lots of support too. And, Mother in law, Dolly,
over the years seemed to take my view and side quite a lot....over her son's... not all Mother
in laws do that...but I know she knew how much I missed PA.

This blog would have been much more interesting if you were reading it in 1969 and the early
70's... but... thought I would like to but some thoughts from a rural, southeastern PA girl on living in Duluth. I will invite my PA family and friends to check it out for posts. Don't know if I can post everyday, but I will try. My life isn't as hectic as when we were raising our three children (all grown now)...but seems I don't have the energy I used to have, so don't seem to get as much accomplished as I want to every day (even every week!).

Let me finish this entry by saying that The Lord has truly blessed me with a wonderful husband, 3 wonderful children, great son in law (and maybe daughter in law to be?) two really neat grandchildren ...so being in Duluth for 36 years hasn't been all that bad after all!

Next post I think I'll tell you what the city of Duluth was like in 1969, compared to 2006.

Linda