The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you. 

 ~Kendall Hailey, The Day I Became an Autodidact

Hi Everyone,

Time has a way of ticking away quietly and quickly and before we know it, we’ve grown up, moved away, married, had children, divorced, become grandparents, grown businesses, achieved success in various forms, retired.    For me, the David family is intimately woven into my childhood memories of vacations in Wisconsin and North Dakota, and family dinners all over Chicago.  Wedding and Funerals, Holidays and reunions, we gathered together, drawn by our connection of family.  Last spring, my husband Don and I travelled to Europe and spent some time in the Czech Republic.  The stories of our grandma David came alive for me as we travelled, and a tugging at my heartstrings for reconnection with people who were such an important part of my life growing up. 

If you feel anything like me and would like to reconnect, please let me know.  Don and I have a personal website and I’ll post this letter on the blog there.  I know I’m missing some contact information, email addresses or street addresses, for some of the cousins, so I’ll attach list of who this is going to.   Please forward this on to missing or incorrect addresses and also send me contact information so I can get the list updated.    For a large noisy family who so loved to get together, maybe it’s time again. 

Linda David Casey    lindajcasey@comcast.net