Danny Radecki
On Sunday after church Valerie had to deliver a summons to a place in La Grange. We were done with that by 12:00 and it was a nice day so I decided we should head over to Berwyn and visit Danny Radecki. He was quite gracious when I arrived unannounced. He had seen me getting out of the car and met me at the door. Valerie had stayed behind as she did not know if he would be up for strangers or even dressed. He had seen her in the car and insisted that I get her. We had a very nice visit.
Valerie enjoys art and she appreciates well built houses. Danny and Fred have fixed their place up and were glad to give her the grand tour. She loved the way they had moved the wall from the center of the room to form an alcove at the back and how well the plaster on the walls had been done. The pictures of the Columbian Exposition that decorated the bathroom were a conversation piece as we had read The Devil in White City about the 1893 World's Fair held here in Chicago.
Danny is rather thin, even thinner than I remember him. His two strokes have affected his speach but he gets by. He is doing therapy which has helped and he stalls in his speach only occationally. He had some teeth removed and has false choppers but his jaws are quite drawn in at the cheek. He and Fred were very glad to have company and I think that Fred was impressed that family had stopped by. Danny asked after "Aunt Irene" and Joanne. He gave the usual report on his mother that she is getting by well and ruling the community where she lives. Robin (his daughter) is a stay-at-home mom with her three sons. We saw pictures of Aunty Lee and Robin's crew. The pictures from California of his mom were with a number of kids, great grandkids, as I remember. Robin's sons were in their Little League uniforms and quite good looking. Danny seemed disappointed that Robin was not out persuing some career but Valerie assured him that this is what a woman of that age really loves to do.
Fred was about to depart for a week-long business trip in Toledo, of all places, so we left to let him finish packing his car and getting gone. Danny and I exchanged numbers and promised to contact each other. I am sure that he appreciated the visit as well as did I. I know that Valerie enjoyed herself and that we will do it again soon. She was impressed that I still had family locally and that I had not run her by sooner.
Valerie enjoys art and she appreciates well built houses. Danny and Fred have fixed their place up and were glad to give her the grand tour. She loved the way they had moved the wall from the center of the room to form an alcove at the back and how well the plaster on the walls had been done. The pictures of the Columbian Exposition that decorated the bathroom were a conversation piece as we had read The Devil in White City about the 1893 World's Fair held here in Chicago.
Danny is rather thin, even thinner than I remember him. His two strokes have affected his speach but he gets by. He is doing therapy which has helped and he stalls in his speach only occationally. He had some teeth removed and has false choppers but his jaws are quite drawn in at the cheek. He and Fred were very glad to have company and I think that Fred was impressed that family had stopped by. Danny asked after "Aunt Irene" and Joanne. He gave the usual report on his mother that she is getting by well and ruling the community where she lives. Robin (his daughter) is a stay-at-home mom with her three sons. We saw pictures of Aunty Lee and Robin's crew. The pictures from California of his mom were with a number of kids, great grandkids, as I remember. Robin's sons were in their Little League uniforms and quite good looking. Danny seemed disappointed that Robin was not out persuing some career but Valerie assured him that this is what a woman of that age really loves to do.
Fred was about to depart for a week-long business trip in Toledo, of all places, so we left to let him finish packing his car and getting gone. Danny and I exchanged numbers and promised to contact each other. I am sure that he appreciated the visit as well as did I. I know that Valerie enjoyed herself and that we will do it again soon. She was impressed that I still had family locally and that I had not run her by sooner.
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