MOTHERS ARE SPECIAL / for marian, marianne & mothers everywhere

+HAPPY MOTHERS DAY FOR MY+

>(mothers are >special and<

>today is our mothers day<

>plus wives >are mothers)<

+DEAR >MARIANNE & MARIAN<+

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+MARIANNE HAS >>4 CHILDREN+

+/ ALL HAVE >WELCOMED ME<+ !

>(stephen, susan, jim & judy)<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+MARIAN HAS >>>>3 CHILDREN+

+/ ALL WELCOMED MARIANNE+ !

>(derek, bronwen & lesley)<

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>(gratitude >fills< our heart<
>on a special mothers day)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY  /  2015+
>my beautiful bride marianne<
+IS A >"GREAT GRAND MOTHER"+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>as her grandchild >sheila reid monette<
+(DAUGHTER OF SUSAN+
+>>AND BRUCE REID)+
>& husband dave monette are now the<
+(CONGRATS SHEILA+
+& DAVE MONETTE+
>parents of baby reid lawrence monette<
>born on october 30th of last year ('14)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+THE MONA LISA WAS A MOTHER+

>research has revealed that the mona lisa was<
>lisa gherardini the >virtuous wife of a silk<
+(THE >MONA LISA+
+HAD 5 CHILDREN)+
>merchant and the >>mother of 5 children<
>her husband was francesco del giocondo<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >marianne with her youngest child judy<
>who married john mcparlane & has 3<
+(MARIANNE'S  >>GRAND+
+CHILD ELLY DAUGHTER+
+OF JUDY TO GRADUATE)+
>lovely children and >>next week we<
>are going to ellys college graduation<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >it was a professor in florence italy, >giuseppe<
>pallanti who researched the link of the family<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / LEONARDO DA VINCI)+
>giocondo to leonardo's famed mona lisa &<
>after many years >finally found the proof<
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>pat & betty staub, two of my oldest friends<
>came to my 80th napoleon house birthday<
+(HAPPY MOTHERS DAY+
+FRIEND BETTY STAUB)+
>lunch and i remember they have a large<
>vigorous family (pat & i at tulane in 52)<
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 >marianne & i in the lajolla >la valencia hotel<
>sala where we met listening to piano music<
+(MARIAN & I MET MARIANNE+
+IN THE la VALENCIA HOTEL)+
>marianne was friends of marian & i for ten<
>years when >marian passed away in 2003<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >my beloved first wife marian in our lsu<
>apt where i built all of the furniture on a<
>very limited budget out of pegboard &<
+(MARIAN IN OUR 1ST+
+APT @ >LSU IN 1955)+
>cedar & painted wd / see taxco poster<
>plus noguchi lamp bought for five $<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                                      

 >two of the children of marian & i ; bronwen<
>left & derek, center. >(bron's husband, bruce<
+(DEREK & BRONWEN / +
+LAJOLLA ABOUT 2012)+
>right) / photo in our lajolla townhouse about<
>2012 (google : derek ray / reader / palenque)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >marian, bronwen (front) and lesley our<
>youngest daughter, photographed in the<
+(MARIAN >LOVED FAMILY+
+SILVER SHIP CHRISTMAS)+
>silver ship in the late 1980s, before the<
>health of marian suffered a down turn<
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 >marian like marianne. was a devoted mother<
>and here she is with lesley around 1971 in<
+(LESLEY LAURA MARIE+
+RAY >>IN ABOUT 1971)+
>louisiana during our annual summer return<
>to see our families / (see lesley's daughter)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>marianne conway ray, my beloved bride<
>shortly after our marriage in luly 2004<
+(MARIAN'S DEATH A BLOW+
+MARIANNE IS MY GRACE)+
>(i am grateful that our 7 children have<
>been very supportive of our marriage)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >little ashley ray, lesley's artist daughter was<
>recently selected to attend a school for kids<
+(ASHLEY RAY/ >ARTIST+
+IN FAMILY TRADITION)+
>with special talents and this gives us all a<
>boost for our dna to flower in the future<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >marian would be >sooo proud< of ashley<
>and i am reminded >marian after years of<
+(MARIAN RAY >WON A+
+PHI BETA KAPPA KEY)+
>sdsu night school was graduaded w/ high<
>honors, winning her phi beta kappa key<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >marianne's mother & stepfather each side<
>of president kennedy would be proud of<
+(MARIANNE'S  PARENTS+
+WITH PRES. KENNEDY)+
>marianne whose teaching ability was so<
>good her school made a >special video<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >our ray family artistry was inherited from<
>our cavaroc heritage via our mother seen<
+(GLADYS MARIE STAIGG+
+RAY / ARTIST-MOTHER)+
>here w/ our artist-seer brother ranny in<
>the 1920s years, before my own birth<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+HAPPY >MOTHER'S DAY+
+DEAR BLESSED FAMILY+
>(marianne & i shall be<
>attending a graduation<
>of her grand child &
>return in late week)<
+& ALL OUR ALUMNI+
+IT IS OF #1 ESSENCE+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu