Val's parents in the San Diego Union Tribune
MARIA AZZOPARDI
maria.azzopardi at UM.EDU.MT
Thu Nov 13 08:45:39 UTC 2008
Valerie,
What a beautiful story!
I enjoyed reading about you all. You are truly an inspiring family.
God bless you, your dad, mum, and sister.
Maria
> 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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