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Harp

Red-hot candy jello, thick turkey gravy and  sweet yams with marsh-mellow topping.  I wish I had kept track of how many Thanksgivings I attended at 559 Birch Drive.  It was always a festive affair with pecan and pumpkin pie to follow along with second helpings of Grandpa Cleo McBride's "jokes". The joke I remember the most was ,"My wife is an absolute angel, she always harps on me".   What a tru . e blessing it was during my teenage years to have had the fortuitous fortune of meeting not only my future husband, but my in-laws as well.   Ours was a busy family with plenty of kids and my parents were often stretched thin.  What a great gift it was to have this second family in my life at such a pivotal juncture.  The Budge's came to track meets, vocal performances, concerts, sometimes events my parents did not have time for. When Dave left on his mission, I dated around. I was fairly serious with one fellow and his parents even came to the Miss Idaho pag...