European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse In 4m 1 _ f Friday september 1, 1995 the stars and stripes Page 25 Nerr Tian Large Coffee to go and make sure the lid s on g300? mar fibr Jumche May & that por that la him Etc a for. 60 minuted gentle reminder often better than silence bitterness. I dear readers i am on vacation but i have left behind some of my favorite columns that you May have missed the firs time around. I Hope you enjoy them. Of " = Ann Landers dear Ann Landers the letter from the wife who wrote to say her Hus band was a Good Man but never remembered her birth Day jogged Loose some pleasant memories. My Mother had the same problem but she solved it when i was 8 years old. I remember the occasion vividly. Mama s birthday was Jan. 18. On Jan. 17, she tacked a Large poster on the door of the Kitchen. It read closed to Morrow in Honor of my birthday. Dad got the hint and took the whole family out to dinner on mama s birthday the next night. She Light hear Teddy tacked up that poster every year on Jan 17, and dad continued to Honor the tradition. Last year mom died of a heart attack. She was stricken on Jan. 19. Dad said he was sure she waited until after her birthday to die because she so enjoyed that night out. It s a Sweet thought and i half believe it. Incidentally mama loved your column and so do i. Winnipeg Reader dear Reader your Mother was a Wise woman. She knew that often it is easier and less hazardous to reach one s Destina Tion by travelling the Back roads rather than the Busy Highway. Thanks for a heartwarming let Ter. Dear Ann Landers will you please help me prove a Point i work in a Home for the aged. During Coffee break the other Day i mentioned that when i was a school girl i used to buy Monkey nuts and they were delicious. No one knew what i was talking about. One person accused me of imagining things. Fran dear fran my nut expert says you Are not nuts. The Monkey nut is a Cousin to the Peanut. It comes from the european Basswood tree. You and i must be about the same age be cause i remember Monkey nuts from my school Days too. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers this is for the lady who thought it was ridiculous to Bury a person with his glasses on because people Don t sleep in glasses and death is the permanent sleep my Mother wore a hearing Aid for the last"20 years of her life. No one Ever saw her without it. Her Aid was one of those old fashioned models Clumsy and very visible. When we tried to talk her into a new Stream lined Model she d say no this one works when mama died the mortician called us to see whether she looked the Way we wanted her to look 1 or the viewing. My sister and i with one voice told the mortician that mama did t look right. Something was. Missing it was of course her hearing Aid. So she was buried with it on even though some people said it was ridiculous. We wanted it that Way. Tennessee Reader dear ten As i said before it s up to the family to decide such questions and they should not be concerned with crowd letters to this column should to addressed to Ann Landor. Co the stars and stripes unit 29-180, apr 0921 i. " c creators Syndicate dream vocation away from family can do wonders editor s note dear Abby is on vacation. She left behind some of her favorite letters from 1980. Dear Abby i am a happily married woman have been married 15 years and have two children. I have a dream. I want very much to go on a vacation with no husband no Chil Dren just me alone 1 want a week of doing whatever i want to do with no pressure from anyone without worrying if everyone else is Happy and Content. Would dearly love Freedom from All Home responsibilities to sleep when i like and not have to explain Why. A place at the Beach would be my idea of heaven. My husband thinks my dream of a one week Vaca Tion All alone is he thinks a happily mar ried woman who has this kind of dream is crazy. Well do Tsee a psychiatrist or go to the Beach Jan needs a break dear needs assuming your children will be properly looked after i see nothing unnatural about your dream. And surely there is nothing wrong with anyone male or female who wants Freedom from All responsibility for a week. Go to the Beach and if your husband thinks you re crazy Send him to a psychiatrist. Dear Abby the letter from needs a break whose husband dear Abby could t understand Why his wife wanted a Little vacation away from her family prompted me to write. My parents both retired live 420 mites from us. When our youngest child was out of Dia pers my husband volunteered to look after our three children for & weekend so i could visit my parents and get away from it a marvelous time i had sleeping late visiting old friends shopping and going out to dinner. My parents spoiled me Rotten. Best of All i did t have to answer to Mommy All weekend. I. Returned Home completely refreshed with a wonderful new attitude toward my husband and children. My Sweet husband has been doing this for seven Yea Snow. We Call it mom s it gives me a Little vacation away from my routine at Home my parents love pampering me and my husband and kids admit they enjoy getting rid of me for a few Days. After seeing that letter in your column Abby i just had to Send in my support. Cindy in Huntington beachwear Cindy three cheers for your Sweet husband. What a terrific Mother s Day gift u mom s or would be for mothers of Small children scheduled of course for any week end during the year. Dear Abby needs a break the wife and Mother who wanted a week s vacation alone at the Beach is doing things Back ward.,. ". Instead of going to the a Eacle by herself and. Then having to spend three weeks cleaning up the mess at Home made by her husband and children in her absence she should Send them to the Beach and have a glorious restful week at Home. For my birthday present one year my husband took my children camping for three Days. I had a great time doing exactly what i wanted to do when i Felt like it and i was As glad to see them come Home As they were to Sec me again. We were All revitalized and we appreciated each other More after that. Bee there in Alexandria a. Letters for this column should be add Rev to to dear Ahby co the stars and stripes unit 294qo, Apo 09211 Roa c rvs 3yndi a i a 1klizt , a. Call the Usa Only per my 06221-12140/12178 from Germany
