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Originally Posted by finallyprettyokay
I went to one burning..... ...it was a really big fire. It was on the beach, on the sand. I loved being on the beach again.
Family vacations --- just didn't see it happen. .... I was there for 8 years and never knew of a birthday party. Maybe there were secret parties. I don't know. We knew each other's comings and goings pretty well, especially in San Diego (there weren't enough of us to get lost in the crowd). It would have been hard to keep that secret.
FPO
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I too went to ONE burning...in San Diego...I remember my eyes bugging out when I saw a brother burn his SKIS!!!!
I didn't have anything to burn but that year I had to come 'home' to my dad & mom's funeral. I remember having a 'hope chest' filled with 16 magazines
I got rid of them.
Family Vacations: Oh... I know the elders in my locality in San Diego took vacations...LONG ones too...about a MONTH long. I later found out they let the kids watch cartoons and took them to movies a couple of times.
Birthdays: HEY! A sister threw ME a Surprise B-day party. It was the BEST party I ever had! I was truly Surprised!!
The sister took me out to dinner first. Then she took me to the house she was living at. A sister who did not live there answered the door. I was surprised to see HER there. She told me she had just learned to play a song on the piano and wanted me to hear it.
I walked over to the piano with her..NEVER noticing the number of SAINTS in the background. She began to play 'Happy Birthday'...while everyone joined in! WAS I EVER SURPRISED!!! There were about 15-20 people there!
It really was the very best Birthday party I've ever had in my entire life.
Told you, I was in a pretty healthy 'locality!' San Diego was a good church over all.
FPO...TOO bad you had already moved to Anaheim!!!...or LA
