dan_poling_continued.odt

June 17, 2013

One day Danny got upset over something and left to go back in the fields behind us. I was so concerned about him, since this was so unlike him. He was gone quite some time and when he came back I didn't know what to expect. He came back in good spirits and must have enjoyed his long walk.

Danny didn't get the chicken pox after he got home from the hospital, when his sisters, Susie and Nancy had them. The doctor had said that he had immunity from me. He and Karen got them at a later time.

Danny did go to Youth Haven church camp in Rives Junction one year and to FaHoLo church camp at Grass Lake another year.

We used to go to Dewey Lake to Grandma Poling's cottage. Dan was a good swimmer. One time when we were there, he swam across Dewey Lake and back. I always thought that he should go out for swimming in school, but he said that he wouldn't have a chance. The kids on the swim team had swam for years at the YMCA and had so much more experience.

Dan liked to go cross country skiing.

Dan would surprise us by cleaning or baking something, while we were gone. One day he baked a bunny cake. He spent all day making and decorating it. Nancy was so anxious to try it and he wouldn't let her cut it until the next day. She couldn't understand how you could spend that much time on something and not eat it.

Dan graduated from Adrian High School in June of 1979. We had an open house for him. He started working at Faraday in Tecumseh before school was out.

In 1979 the girls and I went to Florida to visit Grandma Albright. Dan did not want to go with us, because he might have to spend some money. (At least that was my explanation for him not going). He was very careful what he spent his money on. This was very helpful to him, since he was able to buy a new pickup and later bought a house.

I flew to Washington DC to visit my Aunt Lois. Dan drove out to bring me home. One thing I remembered about being there was that she served salad with beets in it. Dan just kind of played with it with his fork and didn't end up eating it. On the way home he stopped for gas and said that we should eat lunch. Then we stopped again in Toledo to eat supper. I still remember trying to get out of the car.

During a time of being laid off from Faraday, he went to Washtenaw Community College and received an Associate's Degree. One night it was getting much later than he was normally home. I was getting worried about him. I ended up calling the State Police station to see if he might have been in an accident. When he got home, he said that he had stopped at his dad's house on the way home. What a relief to know that he was home safely. I don't think that I ever told him about this incident, so he may be surprised when he reads about it.

One day I came home from work and asked Dan what he wanted to eat for supper. He said that he wouldn't be eating. I asked if he was sick and he told me that he had his four wisdom teeth out that day. Evidently he didn't need me to go with him.

Dan married Jamie Boley, May 28, 1988 at the Northeast Missionary Church in Jackson, Michigan.