Just some thoughts:
How would you greet an old girlfriend or boyfriend should you have the opportunity to meet again? What would you say?
In 1825 Josiah Quincy was asked to take his great-aunt, Hannah Lincoln Storer, to visit someone. The someone was former President John Adams. Hannah Storr had buried two husbands. She was nearing her ninety-first birthday, as was President Adams. Adams once described her in his diary as “flirtatious;” and it was told in some stories that he almost proposed to her.
Now keep in mind these are two ninety-plus year-old folks meeting once again. When Hannah entered the room where Adams was sitting his face immediately lit up. “Why, Madam,” he greeted her, “Shall you and I go for a walk in Cupid’s Grove together?” “Ah sir,” she replied, “It would not be the first time you and I have walked there.”
Hannah must have been quite a flower in her time and ole’ Johnnie a real dude. You know we seem to forget that old folks were young folks once upon a time.
Wonder what you or I might say upon such a meeting with one from our past? Hum… a walk in Cupid’s Grove?
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In 1825 Josiah Quincy was asked to take his great-aunt, Hannah Lincoln Storer, to visit someone. The someone was former President John Adams. Hannah Storr had buried two husbands. She was nearing her ninety-first birthday, as was President Adams. Adams once described her in his diary as “flirtatious;” and it was told in some stories that he almost proposed to her.
Now keep in mind these are two ninety-plus year-old folks meeting once again. When Hannah entered the room where Adams was sitting his face immediately lit up. “Why, Madam,” he greeted her, “Shall you and I go for a walk in Cupid’s Grove together?” “Ah sir,” she replied, “It would not be the first time you and I have walked there.”
Hannah must have been quite a flower in her time and ole’ Johnnie a real dude. You know we seem to forget that old folks were young folks once upon a time.
Wonder what you or I might say upon such a meeting with one from our past? Hum… a walk in Cupid’s Grove?
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