[Mishmash] Almost 10 years ago...

[GALEHALLOCK at aol.com]

Sorry I'm so late getting back on this Ingrid.  Wow!!  Where HAS  the time 
gone.  I originally joined mishmash in the summer or 1997 and I  remember your 
post on Dirk's 1st birthday.  And now he's ten!!!  Many  more happy birthdays 
to the young man.  
 
Gale
 

...Dirk was born.  Yes, folks, in a few  short hours (12:07 a.m. Eastern 
Standard Time) it's Dirk's birthday.   It's hard to believe that 10 years has 
passed already and many of you were  around when I Ieft for the hospital.  He's 
grown up to be a  pretty great kid who does well academically and already has a 
goal in  life -- to be a Marine Biologist.  Not sure that will happen since he 
may  change his mind, but he sure does read an awful lot about fish!  I've  
attached a photo of him we took on our trip to Canada this summer.  We  used 
this photo when he entered the National Geographic Kids Magazine  contest for a 
trip next August to South Africa.  Cross your fingers and  say some prayers.  
He'd love to go and he did a great job with the essay  he had to do for it.  
They choose 15 kids and 2 teachers and we think  he's got a good chance.  Of 
course, we're slightly  biased. :-) If he does win, it'll be a battle in the 
Holzman house  as to which parent will go with him.  We can't afford to have the  
whole family go -- the trip is worth $20,000.  They stay at very  luxurious 
resorts - several hundred per night.  I'll be sure to keep you  posted.
 
Hope you're all having a great  weekend!
Ingrid
 
 


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