In Charleston, South Carolina w/family

Lib, Wilbur, and Marie

Pat's family reunion is coming up on June 27th but we thought we would get a head start and visit with her aunts and uncles in Charleston.  Her uncle Wilbur was a WWII decorated vet that was wounded at Imo Jimo and has some really good stories of life in the 1940s.  We visited with Wilbur and Aunt Lib yesterday and had a great time talking about family and solving the current world's problems.   Today we were at the Mall in North Charleston and received a phone call from Wilbur who was just outside the Mall.  Lib and Wilbur met up with us in the Mall and Pat asked if they wanted to drive out to Aunt Marie's.  We all headed to her house and again visited for several hours catching up on Marie's family.  We all promised to continue the conversations when we meet again at the Rease reunion.  We are so glad to have this time before the hussle and bussle of the reunion to spend some quality time with the Rease elders.  There never seems to be enough time at reunions to really spend quality time with anyone.
It seems to us that we (all of us) never actually sit down and talk to our mom and dad's generation; get their opinions of what is happening in the world, find out how they grew up and what was important to them - in the past and now.  Maybe that old saying of slowing down and smelling the roses should be applied to stopping for a few minutes and learning about life from those who have the most experince.  We cherished the time  with her aunts and uncles and hope we get to spend more time with them before it is too late for us to enjoy their stories and wisdom - it was a great time!
Suggestion:
If you have a little time we suggest you spend some of it with the generation that made America great.  You might find out that we have lost some of the magic that made this country great and we think that you will have a great time just listening to their stories.  It will also make them feel pretty good, another plus in our opinion.