June 27, 2014. Harper, Texas. 50 Years.

It all went by in the twinkling of an eye. On June 26, 1964, Ken and I crossed the border into The United States in Detroit. traveling on our green card visa heading for Galveston, Texas. Ken had completed his year of Internship and now was taking a Residency in Internal Medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch. We headed west before driving south as the southern states were a hot bed of demonstrations and we thought that driving a northern car may not be a good idea. I was teaching on June 26, so my Mother and her friend Olive, our cleaning lady, along with Ken, loaded our car, complete with the ironing board resting on the top of our clothes. We must have been a sight as everything we were taking was in that car. What a car it was. It was the best car we have ever owned, a Ford Galaxie Xl hard top with power to burn. When I got home from school, Ken and I drove away cheerfully, heading to our future in the United States. We both feel that moving to a warmer climate has extended Ken's life. The surgeon suggested to Ken in 1963 that with his lungs, he should think about living in a warm climate, so we did. For 6 years we lived in Galveston and in 1970 we moved to Washington, DC, which has a more moderate climate than Toronto or Montreal. We have not regretted our move but we do live in Nova Scotia for the summer, thus calling ourselves summer residents of Canada. We have the best of both worlds but it all started 50 years ago on June 26, 1964.