Happy May 22nd Anniversary, Laura!
Here we are exactly 450 months after our first date. I guess that is one of the reasons the USC-UCLA football games have such a fondness to me.
Love forever — Roger
Cape town , South Africa
My daughter Karen sent this picture to us today of herself high above Cape town , South Africa. Travel is certainly one way — if not the only way — to have a chance at understanding the world.
Obviously, it looks like a nice day there… I thought it was supposed to be winter?
Click for Karen’s Newsletter from South Africa!
Roger Freberg
South Africa
My daughter Karen is in South Africa and trying to get her arms around the issue of ‘jet lag.’ And although she has not been to this part of the world before, she definitely came prepared: baggage that is virtually indestructable, eye masks & travel pillow for sleeping on planes and a phone that will definitely operate in South Africa. These may sound like simple things, but is amazing how many experienced travelers make their journey that much more difficult by forgetting to plan ahead. I am sure Karen will write something on her blog about all that is going on.
Karen has a lot going on in the months ahead… but she sounds enthusiastic and excited about the new South Africa. Afterall, Cape Town Fashion week is not all that far off!
As for me, I discovered the best phone rate to South Africa is on IDT and all incoming calls to Karen are free… and we had our first 20 minute conversation for $4. Even Dads need to hear from their girls.
Roger Freberg
Karen in London
Thanks to the internet we can all keep better track of our families and keep in touch.
My daughter Karen has just arrived in London and I am sure she is making her way around the shops and inspecting the ‘duty free’ stores for her return. But aside from the shopping, there is always a sense of history and adventure in seeing new sites and new people. England is one of the many ancestral homes of our families, but being Americans, we are a mix of many great peoples. Karen and Kristin are keeping track over the areas each has traveled and Karen was trying to lay ‘claim’ to the North Pole because she flew over it, but Kristin said she must stand — not fly — on it first.
Kristin is very well traveled, although I am sure she would have liked to visit Iraq, Kuwait and the Gulf States under better circumstances. However, she earned a perspective few have.
So, the internet allows me to share and enjoy some of their lifes… even if I am at home.
Roger Freberg
Up Coming Graduations… at Southern Cal & Ted Koppel
To be honest, there have been very few graduations i have ever attended. Some of the reasons are typically male… I wasn’t around.
When my eldest daughter Kristin was graduating from West Point, I was coaching at the California State High School Meet. Now, don’t groan… my middle daughter Karen was competing on the same day and I stayed and coached — while Mom went to West Point.
Not that I have attended many of my own graduations. I missed my two graduate degree festivities except for a small Beta Gamma Sigma ceremony the day before at Southern Cal.
This time it will be different. I will at long last see a Southern Cal Graduation as Karen recieves her Masters in Strategic Public Relations. Interestingly enough, Ted Koppel will be the Commencement Speaker in the main ceremony.
This will be fun … I will be coming home.
Roger freberg