Dear William, Daniel, Catherine, (and Michael & Baby Girl Y) (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
When you listen to Babcia Krysia, you hear about how, when she was 13 years old, she saw me coming up the mountain, and instantly fell in love with me, and knew that we were destined for each other. Well, what she does not tell you is that after that, she had a string of boyfriends!
For me, the most memorable one was John Gagliano. Here are some pictures of Bacia Krysia with this fella:
We even double-dated — here is a photo:
John, Krysia, Pawel, Hanka, Pat, Olenka, Adam Dagys
One day, Babcia Krysia, her sister Hania, our friend Rich Assarabowski, my girlfriend Pat Bolz, and I decided to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire (apparently John wanted to come also, but Babcia Krysia told him he could not come because there was no room in the car for him).
We got to the base of the mountain late in the day (by the cog-railway station), and we took the trail going up on the right side of the tracks. When we reached the first clearing in the forest, about a mile in, near a waterfall, we decided to break camp, as it would be nightfall soon. We set up our tent, and we made dinner. By 7 pm we were in our sleeping bags.
As it turned out, Babcia Krysia was on my right and my girlfriend Pat was on my left. That night was cooler than I expected, so I was cold. I woke up in the middle of the night and became aware that Babcia Krysia was covering my sleeping bag with her blanket. I thought that this act of kindness was very nice, and decided that I should consider going out with her.
After that, we dated, she continued to dated other people (and so did I), she even dated my brother Tom, but eventually, we did get married — I will tell you that story some other day.
So, the moral of the story — be kind to others, you just never know how it will effect your future.
Love,
Dziadziuś Paweł.
