History

Part of our family is proudly being part of history. Mark, Rachel, & Stephen are in line with thousands of other people to view the casket of former President Gerald Ford down at his presidential museum in downtown GR. I am home with Joshua as we felt him too young to understand and appreciate the experience (not to mention standing in a long line of people for who knows how long). If you want to see the news from our local perspective, we use www.woodtv.com. There is a lot of pride as Ford was a well-loved local hero!
It has been interesting to find out how the details have been worked through for many years (basically since he left office). We knew the city was wanting to pretty things up a bit because we would eventually be in the national spotlight, but we didn't know just how extensive the pre-planning was. This has been a really touching experience for us. Maybe I can get one of the kids to blog more about the actual experience tomorrow.