Bruette
Well-Known Member
Hey everybody,
I don't think that my plain layout qualifies to be in a showin' off thread, but I suppose this is the best place to post my pictures.
The 4th of July is a very special holiday to me for many reasons. I feel blessed to have been born in the greatest nation the world has ever known. Being born strong and healthy in America is a ticket to ride on the gravy train!
I also celebrate the 4th because it is the day my late sister Theresa was born. She was born 5 years before me and she treated me like her own son. My single Mom often worked 2 or even 3 jobs to provide for us, so many times Theresa did all the things a Mom would do. If not for her I would have been expelled from school TWICE! She had a way of talking me out of trouble.
She is also a big part of my train hobby. It was Theresa who helped me set up my first train set under our Christmas tree in 1974. Can you imagine, a teenage girl helping her 11 year old (pain in the butt) brother with a Tyco train set? No snap fit track in those days! As a father of 2 full grown girls I know this is a special thing. Teenagers are challenging at best.
I lost my sister to cancer but she is still with me every time I play with my trains. These trains are dedicated to my sister, that is the reason for the Tab car, she drank that awful soda! God knows why, she was thin as a rail.
Here are the pictures.
I don't think that my plain layout qualifies to be in a showin' off thread, but I suppose this is the best place to post my pictures.
The 4th of July is a very special holiday to me for many reasons. I feel blessed to have been born in the greatest nation the world has ever known. Being born strong and healthy in America is a ticket to ride on the gravy train!
I also celebrate the 4th because it is the day my late sister Theresa was born. She was born 5 years before me and she treated me like her own son. My single Mom often worked 2 or even 3 jobs to provide for us, so many times Theresa did all the things a Mom would do. If not for her I would have been expelled from school TWICE! She had a way of talking me out of trouble.
She is also a big part of my train hobby. It was Theresa who helped me set up my first train set under our Christmas tree in 1974. Can you imagine, a teenage girl helping her 11 year old (pain in the butt) brother with a Tyco train set? No snap fit track in those days! As a father of 2 full grown girls I know this is a special thing. Teenagers are challenging at best.
I lost my sister to cancer but she is still with me every time I play with my trains. These trains are dedicated to my sister, that is the reason for the Tab car, she drank that awful soda! God knows why, she was thin as a rail.
Here are the pictures.