By way of background, my family came to Crystal Lake in 1911. Great-grandfather worked the railroad and bought 5 lots and built a cottage with lumber he brought up on the train. My Dad spent summers here as a child with his grandmother Sternaman. He loved it, I think it was a calm time for him as his parents divorced and it was not easy. I first came "in utero" in late 1949. My Dad built our current cottage with help from friends and family in 1966. So I have been here virtually all my life. I love it too. I knew when I retired I would do what Dad did and live here in the summer.
After Dad ( Jack ) died, we brought Mom up for a few weeks in the summer. When she left us, my sister and I remodeled a bit and now Mike and I are here for the whole summer.! In honor of my Mom Stella who had a green thumb, I am growing flowers and tending to what she left behind. I think Dad might have had a tomato too.
Life is a gift, thanks Great-grandfather Sternaman.
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