The Browns

My husband Chuck has friends--Bill and Mary Brown-- he taught with in Sitka, Alaska, way back in the early 50's. After he and the Browns left Alaska, they kept their friendship alive by visiting each other and sharing good times. The Browns would drive to Hoquiam, and both families would enjoy clam digging and the ocean beaches. The Chuck would drive his family to California, and they would enjoy Disneyland and life in a sunny place less rainy than Washington.

Now 60 years later they are having a joyful reunion here in Wake Forest where Bill and Mary live with their children Pastor Scott Brown, his wife Deborah, and their beautiful children. Their home is an apartment in an immense barn with rooms around the eaves of the great room. There is a huge stone fireplace which was constructed from the stones of an old abandoned house on Scott's 120 acres. There are three natural ponds on the land, a few pastured cows, and stands of timber on the rolling hills. We have enjoyed a church picnic, complete with softball, ultimate frisbee, and volleyball. Sunday morning we all worshiped at Hope Baptist Church which meets at Tuxedo Junction, a Wake Forest ballroom. After many memories, laughs, and some prayer time, we are off to the Smokey Mountains.