| Coincidence or Destiny #1 - My Grandpa When I was a child, my family would often go to my Grandpa Bailey's house for a visit. I loved to go there because he had a pond on the hill in front of his house and we would spend a lot of time fishing there. He lived off of Rockingham Road, on McArthur Drive. Grandpa had an old black T model Ford but it seemed he never drove it much because I always remember it being parked in his garage. Grandpa Baileys' youngest son, Donnie, lived there and he, me,and my three brothers would play and fish. The Stewarts, including Larry, Jerry, and Ted, and the Thompsons, Jackie and Mitzi, plus some of the other Baileys lived on down around the end of McArthur Dr . But what I didn't know at the time was that my future wife, Sandra Watson, lived around the next corner. As you turn off of Rham Rd into Glenwood, she lived close to the end of the street on the right. Judy Yates also lived down that street. My wife and her family remember Grandpa Bailey and often her parents would take the family down to visit. Of course, I don't remember any visits they made to Grandpas but I am sure we probably had the occasion to see each other at some time. Little did I know at the time that when I reached the age of 16, I would meet this girl in high school and end up marrying here. Coincidence or Destiny #2 - My Wife's Grandpa I don't know how many times my family would go to Hoffman to picnic and swim in Indian Lake. A lot of times our church Sunday School classes would go there also. It was a popular place to swim and play for all the kids. The parents would bring plenty of food and games for us to enjoy. One thing I do remember is that we never went past Indian Lake. There was a dirt road (which is still dirt) that came off of #1 to take you down to the lake. The road ran on past Indian Lake but we never went there. Well, when my wife was young, she too would go to swim in that lake. But of course, I never met her until years later. What is so weird is that her Grandpa Watson lived at the end of that dirt road. Her parents would often go to visit him and they all would go swimming in Indian Lake. And now, that dirt road is named after her Grandpa, James G Watson. So, you decide......were these just coincidences or destiny! |
| Coincidence or Destiny - You Decide |
| So, as the Train of Life keeps chugging along, another page written of my Childhood Memories of.... Rockingham Remembered. |
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