Here's a picture of Susan and her Father
This one is of me, Janet Francis Murillo and Susan eating lunch at Macaroni Grill (yum)
Sunday, November 28, 2010
SUSAN LIVINGSTON JOHNSON '64
Susan came to town to visit her dad who turned 90 !!! Susan lives in Leadville, CO - Col. Livingston is quite spry as he still works in Walmart in the electronics department here in San Antonio.
Here's a picture of Susan and her Father
Here's a picture of Susan and her Father
Thursday, November 18, 2010
What is "HOME"?
Every time I get asked “where are you from?” I have to hesitate. Sometimes, I say – Louisiana - because that’s where I was born. I only lived there two and a half years. Then my brother was born and we were transferred to Illinois. From there we moved “all over”. You know what I mean. Sometimes, I answer, “well, I was born in Louisiana, but my dad was in the Air Force, so we moved a lot. I lived in Texas more than anywhere else, so I guess, Texas”. Very confusing. My parents had a home and my kids have a place they call home.
Wikipedia defines “home” as
“A home is a place of residence or refuge.[1] When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either living in the wild or in a domesticated environment. "Home" is also used to refer to the geographical area (whether it be a suburb, town, city or country) in which a person grew up or feels they belong, or it can refer to to the native habitat of a wild animal. As an alternative to the definition of "home" as a physical locale, home may be perceived to have no physical definition--instead, home may relate instead to a mental or emotional state of refuge or comfort. There are cultures in which members lack permanent homes, such as with nomadic people.”
I guess we were nomads.
Religion is complicated also – What religion are you? I always said “Protestant” – I went to the Protestant services at the Chapel on base, right? I really didn’t realize that Protestant contained several religions for a long time. I guess I’m “multi-religional”. I married a Catholic, divorced, married a Lutheran, got a religious annulment and converted to Catholic and then started going to Protestant services again. I miss the Chapel!!!!
I left Texas with my first husband in 1972 – I spent 31 years in Florida. I never liked it there. I felt alone and alien. I never realized how much I missed Texas – or how different Florida was as compared to Texas – the people, the culture, the fact that I wasn’t near an Air Force base and there were no military people around. I met and married my second husband, Danny, in Boca Raton, Florida. He moved there when he was 2 years old and lived in the same house for 20 years. Who does that? I thought I was stuck in South Florida forever. When the opportunity to move back to Texas presented itself I held my breath. I didn’t believe it was true. You can never go home – right? Well, I guess I didn’t think I was returning to my home because I don’t have one, right? I’m a nomad. I spent 31 years of my life in a place I didn’t really like – but I made a ton of friends, I had a career, had another son – had a life. I lived there longer than anywhere else. I even lived in a house for more than 2 ½ years!!! I even stopped moving furniture!!
One day shortly after I moved back here I was driving down I-35 on my way from New Braunfels to Air Force Village – south of San Antonio, near Lackland AFB, where my parents lived. I’m nearing the exit to Randolph AFB and I look up and I see jets flying overhead. I saw another set of jets right behind them and they flew over me as I was driving. My eyes started burning and tears started flowing – I was HOME.
I still don’t know what to say when people ask where I’m from or what religion I practice. I do know that I feel like this is my home and I do believe in God. So I must be from here.
Where are YOU from?
Gloria Campbell Gallagher '65
Wikipedia defines “home” as
“A home is a place of residence or refuge.[1] When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either living in the wild or in a domesticated environment. "Home" is also used to refer to the geographical area (whether it be a suburb, town, city or country) in which a person grew up or feels they belong, or it can refer to to the native habitat of a wild animal. As an alternative to the definition of "home" as a physical locale, home may be perceived to have no physical definition--instead, home may relate instead to a mental or emotional state of refuge or comfort. There are cultures in which members lack permanent homes, such as with nomadic people.”
I guess we were nomads.
Religion is complicated also – What religion are you? I always said “Protestant” – I went to the Protestant services at the Chapel on base, right? I really didn’t realize that Protestant contained several religions for a long time. I guess I’m “multi-religional”. I married a Catholic, divorced, married a Lutheran, got a religious annulment and converted to Catholic and then started going to Protestant services again. I miss the Chapel!!!!
I left Texas with my first husband in 1972 – I spent 31 years in Florida. I never liked it there. I felt alone and alien. I never realized how much I missed Texas – or how different Florida was as compared to Texas – the people, the culture, the fact that I wasn’t near an Air Force base and there were no military people around. I met and married my second husband, Danny, in Boca Raton, Florida. He moved there when he was 2 years old and lived in the same house for 20 years. Who does that? I thought I was stuck in South Florida forever. When the opportunity to move back to Texas presented itself I held my breath. I didn’t believe it was true. You can never go home – right? Well, I guess I didn’t think I was returning to my home because I don’t have one, right? I’m a nomad. I spent 31 years of my life in a place I didn’t really like – but I made a ton of friends, I had a career, had another son – had a life. I lived there longer than anywhere else. I even lived in a house for more than 2 ½ years!!! I even stopped moving furniture!!
One day shortly after I moved back here I was driving down I-35 on my way from New Braunfels to Air Force Village – south of San Antonio, near Lackland AFB, where my parents lived. I’m nearing the exit to Randolph AFB and I look up and I see jets flying overhead. I saw another set of jets right behind them and they flew over me as I was driving. My eyes started burning and tears started flowing – I was HOME.
I still don’t know what to say when people ask where I’m from or what religion I practice. I do know that I feel like this is my home and I do believe in God. So I must be from here.
Where are YOU from?
Gloria Campbell Gallagher '65
Monday, November 15, 2010
Zip Line in Wimberly
Janet Francis Murillo and Gloria Campbell Gallagher and friends go Zipping in Wimberly, TX....
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