Thoughts and stories, by Pal

TODAY IS WAYNE'S AND BLAINE'S 84TH BIRTHDAY.  I'M RE-POSTING ENTRY # 109, AS I WILL BE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL SOON TO BE WITH HIM .  BUT HE IS SCHEDULED TO COME HOME THIS AFTERNOON.  HE WILL HAVE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED UP WITH DOCTORS.  BUT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL HE HAS RECOVERED AS MUCH AS HE HAS.  THIS WAS FIRST POSTED ON MARCH 1, 2014. These are pictures through the years of the identical twins, Blaine D and Wayne D Eckman.   Blaine was about 15 minutes older than Wayne, and born at home.  Read of them first in blog # 3.   Then their father Roy Waldamer Eckman's story is in blog # 93.  Their mother Gladys Dayton Eckman is told about in blogs #106 and #107.   More of their lives will come in the future.  This is a record of  photos through the ages!   Some of them have been in previous blogs, but it is nice to get them together here, chronologically.   They were born on September 18, 1930, and Blaine passed away suddenly at age 68, on Mar