Posted on Behalf of Elaine

Favorite color: just like Grandma, it is red. Red clothes, red truck, red wallet. You got it!

Favorite childhood game: no contest! Hide and Seek. My cousins and I played this back in Vermont where I was born. Later it was neighborhood kids and finally 6th graders at the ocean. Maybe next will be peek-a-boo with Brendan.

Role model: Certainly my mother who was generous, giving and patient...until she blew up at me. She had the Vermonter attitude of giving to all in need. Casseroles, trips to the doc, lending the car to the doc in the snow, you name it, she did it.

Animal: I would fly like an eagle to the sun...

Favorite book: Well, gee. I read so much that I think it is like a variation on some kind of bad habit. Not really. A very impressive piece of fiction is Water for Elephants. Anything by Alice Hoffman or Elizabeth Berg. On a spiritual note I have enjoyed the theories of Elaine Pagels and Marcus Borg. Both are Christians, but push the envelope and tweak our brains.

In History: I used to think I was born out of time. Then Owen and Carolyn were gifted to us and I knew I was in the right place and time.
Favorite Hobby: Anything that I can create with my hands or make grow.

Vacation Spot: We don't vacation now, but when the kids were a few years younger we went to Manzanita, Oregon and rented a house. We took a friend for each child...or not if it didn't work out. Yosemite is the Jaques family's favorite spot. We scattered Jeff's dad's ashes there in the high country. Now we have the Daly cabin to see to and that is the sweetest retreat of all.

Annoying: Jeff can answer this one! Owen would say it might be how distracted I get trying to think and answer his question at the same time! Care would probably question my intelligence!

Resolutions: I don't do this. But I do try to honor my life and am grateful for my health...no kidding!

Love to all,

Elaine