A Beginning, A Homecoming

                                                                    

Yep, time to get back to the Memory Monday thingofamagig!

After my very short stay in San Diego, I was once again train-bound for Alabama.

It was a long, hot summer!

Me pregnant, alone all day long

I slept a lot. 

Mama didn't have air-conditioning! 

And, then I woke up one early morning with pains.

Little Linda Marie arrived, all healthy and beautiful.

A telegram was sent to her Daddy who was busy fighting war in Korea.

She was this age (3 1/2 months) the first time he saw her.

Yes, here I was again headed back to San Diego. I was getting to be quite the traveler by now

however...

I had never been on a plane before.

Scared out of my wits to get out of my seat! 

It was a long flight, needless to say.

I did have some interesting fellow passengers. Broderick Crawford sat across the aisle from me. I know, nobody knows who that is anymore. I'm older than mud so I remember. He was an actor and tv star, big burly guy.

And, Rory Calhoun and his wife Lita was farther back in the cabin. 

Again, a very popular actor, handsome, too. 

So, it's my first plane ride and my first actors.

Pretty cool.

Elbert met us at the airport. There were sailors everywhere! And, I just about walked right past him. He had a mustache! 

The first and only time I might add.

It was gone the next morning.

I took care of that!

And, so we start our life as a family of three.