A TRIBUTE TO MY
BROTHER by LINDA LEE GREENE©
On
the back of the featured photograph in my mother’s handwriting is noted,
“Watching TV, of course.” In January, 1966, my brother David Marlin Greene would
have been three months shy of his 21st birthday. If he were still
with us, he would be 74 today. In the photo with David is my then 12 year old
sister Sherri Beth Greene (on the left), and my then 10 year old sister Susan Renee
Greene (her back to the camera). Susan passed away in December, 2018. My mother
took this photo in the living room of the house that both she and my father,
with the help of some of their many siblings, built at 2983 Alkire Road, Grove
City, Ohio. It was our family home until the late 1980s. I was living in New
York at the time of the photo.
This is such a typical scenario of
teenagers in the 1960s: gathered together in front of the television. It looks
as if they are also playing some sort of game, indicated by the sheets of paper
on the floor in front of them. My guess is that as the day turned into night,
David would have pulled to his feet, grabbed the keys to his car, and set out
to spend a good portion of his evening cruising Green Gables Drive-in
Restaurant at Mound and Central in Columbus. Overflowing the front and back
seats of the car would have been a girl or two and as many of his buddies as he
could squeeze in. David always had an entourage in tow. Not only was he
devilishly handsome, but he was a storyteller of rare talent. Girls and guys
all loved him and wanted to be counted as one of his friends.
Happy Birthday to you, David! I bet
you are getting a kick out of looking down upon us from Heaven. I hope there
are televisions up there, as well as drive-in restaurants that you cruise, because
I don’t know how you would get through the days and nights of eternity without
indulging in two of your favorite pastimes.
Multi-award
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Such a lovely, beautifully-written remembrance.Your sister and brother must be quite proud of your writing accomplishments.They are still only a whisper away.
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