For 30 years we had dinner at Ray and Carolyn’s.
For 25 of those years we had Fred and his date.
On occasion there were other people.
Diana and I helped facilitate their leaving San Diego.
Now they live in Vermont.
It is strange to not have Carolyn and Ray
With us on this day.
I trust they have family and new friends
Joining them for this Thanksgiving.
Though distance and differences have,
I think, written “closed” to new interactions with them
Still there is a lot of history.
I’ll remember Ray’s retirement party,
Complete with a simulated fire emergency.
We came looking for open seats,
Only to find we were assigned the seats next to them.
There was travel to Russia,
A cruise that circled South America,
And time with their wonderful daughters.
We have much to be thankful for.
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