Dear Mary,
Happy Birthday to you. What a privilege it's been to know you. We know that this will be a very special birthday. Sorry it's taken us so long to get our memories written.
Mid-America Dairymen didn't have you on the official staff roster, but you certainly were the one who kept the Northern Division together with a very special family feeling that all the other divisions envied.
One of our favorite memories is from our trip to New Zealand, more than twenty years ago. All those beautiful scenes that were "captured" on Kathy's camera. We don't remember exactly when it was discovered that there wasn't any film in the camera. But the memories are still in living color.
We stopped in Hawaii on our way home from New Zealand to celebrate both couples' 25th wedding anniversaries. While there Dave discovered a different Mary. Mary, you were always a cool, calm and collected person. However, Dave saw another dimension. You and Norm met a representative from the Aloha Funway Rental Car place. They had a Jeep the four of us could rent for sightseeing. It seemed like an ideal set up. The four of us walked a few blocks from the hotel to the agency really feeling quite exuberant about our plans for the day. We soon discovered that the Jeep did not come with a top. Since it rained every day, we thought we needed a top. "Sorry, you must come back and get the top put on when it starts to rain!" Dave started to see fire coming to Mary's eyes. Stronger than mere disappointment. Of course we could be soaking wet by the time we got back for the top. Really, none of us took the news very well. But we needed a car, so off we went in an old rusty Mazda with more than 65,000 miles on the odometer. I think we all thought it had been turned back a few times. But what could we do?
Another favorite story is the one about PRUNE PIE. We've often wondered how many waitresses were asked if they had prune pie by Mid Am employees. "You had it last time I was here." You, Mary, came through with a great surprise for Dave's birthday. Two kinds of prune pie. He brought the leftovers back to Fergus Falls and shared with Robin and me. It was very tasty. We've laughed over that for so long. It was a delightful joke.
Over the years we've had lots of fun and laughter with both of you. The last story we want to share is the Buns Story. You, Mary, came to visit me while Norm was at the cheese plant with Dave here in Fergus Falls. I believe we were working on decorations for Chris' wedding. Dave brought Norm to our house after work. Dave came into our house hollering "Where's Buns?" For a moment, Norm looked shocked. He thought Buns was Mary. Then he realized it was our Beagle Bunny of whom he was speaking. That did cause quite a lot of laughter for years.
We could go on and on reminiscing, but we won't. What we both will say is Happy Birthday to a very special lady and we are so glad she came into our lives.
Love from Dave and Linda Waring
Happy Birthday to you. What a privilege it's been to know you. We know that this will be a very special birthday. Sorry it's taken us so long to get our memories written.
Mid-America Dairymen didn't have you on the official staff roster, but you certainly were the one who kept the Northern Division together with a very special family feeling that all the other divisions envied.
One of our favorite memories is from our trip to New Zealand, more than twenty years ago. All those beautiful scenes that were "captured" on Kathy's camera. We don't remember exactly when it was discovered that there wasn't any film in the camera. But the memories are still in living color.
We stopped in Hawaii on our way home from New Zealand to celebrate both couples' 25th wedding anniversaries. While there Dave discovered a different Mary. Mary, you were always a cool, calm and collected person. However, Dave saw another dimension. You and Norm met a representative from the Aloha Funway Rental Car place. They had a Jeep the four of us could rent for sightseeing. It seemed like an ideal set up. The four of us walked a few blocks from the hotel to the agency really feeling quite exuberant about our plans for the day. We soon discovered that the Jeep did not come with a top. Since it rained every day, we thought we needed a top. "Sorry, you must come back and get the top put on when it starts to rain!" Dave started to see fire coming to Mary's eyes. Stronger than mere disappointment. Of course we could be soaking wet by the time we got back for the top. Really, none of us took the news very well. But we needed a car, so off we went in an old rusty Mazda with more than 65,000 miles on the odometer. I think we all thought it had been turned back a few times. But what could we do?
Another favorite story is the one about PRUNE PIE. We've often wondered how many waitresses were asked if they had prune pie by Mid Am employees. "You had it last time I was here." You, Mary, came through with a great surprise for Dave's birthday. Two kinds of prune pie. He brought the leftovers back to Fergus Falls and shared with Robin and me. It was very tasty. We've laughed over that for so long. It was a delightful joke.
Over the years we've had lots of fun and laughter with both of you. The last story we want to share is the Buns Story. You, Mary, came to visit me while Norm was at the cheese plant with Dave here in Fergus Falls. I believe we were working on decorations for Chris' wedding. Dave brought Norm to our house after work. Dave came into our house hollering "Where's Buns?" For a moment, Norm looked shocked. He thought Buns was Mary. Then he realized it was our Beagle Bunny of whom he was speaking. That did cause quite a lot of laughter for years.
We could go on and on reminiscing, but we won't. What we both will say is Happy Birthday to a very special lady and we are so glad she came into our lives.
Love from Dave and Linda Waring
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