Christmas Hope

No, this picture isn't from last night or today.  It was taken on Christmas Day five years ago, in 2015, at Christmas dinner at my brother's home in Austin, Texas.  I miss being with my family this year, but with the recent development and release of the coronavirus vaccine, I'm hopeful that we can gather together next year.

Blessings and peace this Christmas.

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Wordless Wednesday: Pape Family Christmas Tree, 1976

In the living room at 8015 Sharpview, Houston, Texas

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Sentimental Sunday: Rho and Mare, Christmas 1953

My first cousins Rosemary "Rho" Streff Grandusky and Marianne "Mare" Streff Gustafson, at either Christmas 1953 or 1951 (Dad was home at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on leave from the Air Force, both times).  I think it is 1953, because Mare would have been only 21 months old if it was 1951, and she looks a little older than that in this photo.

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Friday's Faces From the Past: Rho, Christmas 1953

My first cousin Rosemary "Rho" Streff Grandusky, most likely at Christmas 1953 or possibly 1951 (Dad was home at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on leave from the Air Force, both times).  

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(Not-So-) Wordless Wednesday: Grandpa and Nana, Christmas 1953

My paternal grandparents, Paul Robert Pape Sr. and Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape, at either Christmas 1953 or 1951 (Dad was home at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on leave from the Air Force, both times).  I think it is 1953, because of other pictures taken the same day.

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Sentimental Sunday: Beety and Moe, Christmas 1953

Two of my paternal-side aunts, Marilyn "Beety" Pape Hedger, and Rose Mary "Moe" Pape Dietz, at either Christmas 1953 or 1951 (Dad was home at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on leave from the Air Force, both times).  I think it is 1953, because of other photos obviously taken the same day.

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Friday's Faces From the Past: Grandpa and the Girls, Christmas 1953 (1951?)

My paternal grandfather Paul Robert Pape Sr., with my first cousins Marianne Streff Gustafson and Rosemary Streff Grandusky, at either Christmas 1953 or 1951 (Dad was home at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on leave from the Air Force, both times).  I think it is 1953, because Mare would have been only 21 months old if it was 1951, and she looks a little older than that in this photo.

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(Not-So-) Wordless Wednesday: Nana, Mare, Rho, Grandpa - Christmas 1953 (or 1951)

My paternal grandmother Elizabeth Florence Massmann Pape, first cousins Marianne "Mare" Streff Gustafson and Rosemary "Rho" Streff Grandusky, and paternal grandfather Paul Robert Pape Sr., at either Christmas 1953 or 1951 (Dad was home at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on leave from the Air Force, both times).  I think it is 1953, because Mare would have been only 21 months old if it was 1951, and she looks a little older than that in this photo.

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Sentimental Sunday: Mare, Bud, Rho - Christmas 1953 or 1951

My first cousin Marianne "Mare" Streff Gustafson, uncle Frank "Bud" Streff, and cousin Rosemary "Rho" Streff Grandusky, at either Christmas 1953 or 1951 (Dad was home at 2093 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on leave from the Air Force, both times).  I think it is 1953, because Mare would have been only 21 months old if it was 1951, and she looks a little older than that in this photo.

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Talented Tuesday: Happy 11th Blogiversary to ME!

Eleven Pipers Piping, from the 12 Days of Christmas animated light display at the Moody Gardens Festival of Lights, Galveston, Texas, January 3, 2015.

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