Val's parents in the San Diego Union Tribune

[Stuart Thiessen]

Thank you for sharing, Valerie! :)

Stuart

On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:01 , Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> November 12, 2008
>
> Being a very proud daughter of terrific parents, I am writing a  
> little "off topic" to share with you an article about my parents in  
> the San Diego Union Tribune last Sunday...
>
> My folks are in their late 80's. 62 years ago, my Dad wrote a love  
> song to my mother while he was testing the atom bomb while in the  
> Navy (I am not kidding ;-)
>
> My Dad is a physicist, and took part in testing atom bombs...you can  
> read about it in detail here:
>
> http://www.paulmsutton.org/
>
> and...
>
> the story behind the song:
> http://www.paulmsutton.org/music.html
>
>
> So I gave my Dad a birthday gift (he will be 87 years old on Dec 3).  
> I arranged with a professional recording studio to record my Dad's  
> song professionally...
>
> The song was sitting in his closet for all these years and never  
> published...I thought it was such an amazing story about how it was  
> written, and the song itself is a good tune and lyrics...
>
> Well...to my great joy, the recording studio thought this was a good  
> story too, and they arranged for the San Diego Union Tribune to send  
> a reporter and photographer to write about it...
>
> To our amazement, we opened the newspaper last Sunday to find a huge  
> article. You can read it on http://www.paulmsutton.org/.
>
> The San Diego Union Tribune even posted the actual song, which you  
> can listen to, sung by the professional singer or by my Dad.
>
> Today the three of us are going to a luncheon where they will be  
> playing the song in his honor...
>
> We are leaving now for the luncheon...My heart is filled with joy ;-)
>
> I bet all of you have family members you are proud of?...Want to  
> share with the SignWriting List? Feel free to do so. Good stories  
> are always uplifting!
>
> Talk to you tomorrow -
>
> Val ;-)
>
>
>
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