After dinner last night,I had a surprise call from Marion Lawrence. I haven't seen or talked to Marion,since she was up here in MN,judging our Specialty,some years ago. I immediately thought the worse,but Sam is still with us,but in serious ill health. He has diabetes,partially blind,hard of hearing,but still "gives the orders" around the house<G> As Marion said"that will never change". Marion said she'd been thinking about previous good times and my name came to mind. So she just decided to call. A real nice chat about our former friends ,who have left us. Tom and Jane Bennett,Bob Penny ,among them. Both of us admitting to getting older. All in all,a delightful chat. It might be nice ,if any of you so desire, to send Sam and Marion a card or note. Their address is 652 Penn Place,Winter Park,FL. 32789 Both were so active in our dog world for so long,I'm sure they miss it. Helen Miller Fisher ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================