Volume 8 Number (Journal 668) May, 2015 in this issue

 
NORMA MCINTYRE
—Auburn, CA 
Dear Leon and Cleve, Hi everyone! Another year 
has flown by. Seems like I just mailed my dues and 
letter. I'm enclosing a little extra for postage or 
doughnuts--you choose. 
It’s been an uneventful year for me. It’s been fif-
teen months since I lost my sweetheart, Hugh McIn-
tyre. He was the best husband and friend one could 
ever dream of having. I was so blessed to have 
been married to my best friend for nearly fifty 
years. 
Last fall I had an unfortunate accident in front of 
my house. I was walking my son's dog and he 
stepped onto some dirt. I took one step on the une-
ven surface and my ankle rolled and I was down in 
a heap. It happened so fast! I fractured my ankle 
and the small bone that connects to the ankle. My 
surgeon said out of ten, mine was a nine. I was very 
fortunate that my son was home. He drove me to 
the hospital. I had surgery three hours after my fall.
People were telling me to get "bubble wrapped" 
when I'm outside. I'm happy to be healthy again 
and going to the gym 3-4 x a week. 
In June my son and my two sisters are flying to 
Maui for a week's vacation. One sister has never 
been so it will be fun showing her around the island.
We had a condo in Wailea for seventeen years with 
some partners. We would fly to Maui for three days 
when Hugh had some days off. What fun. 
My son and I live on five acres in rural Auburn. We 
see deer, wild turkeys, bobcats, rabbits and pea-
cocks often. We have a beautiful view of the Sierra 
Mountains from our home. We didn't get much 
snow on them this winter due to the drought. We 
can always hope and pray for a better year next 
year. 
God has been so good to me. I have a poem that I 
hope you will find worthy to print. 
Take care of yourselves. Stay healthy and keep 
looking up. 
Sincerely, 
Norma