Dear Ivy (Mrs. MacDonald as we always called you growing up):
I heard through the grapevine that you are 90 today (on Dec. 7). Holy Moly is right (I watched your video clip, I loved it)! Where did the time go — here you are 90 and I turned 70 this year!
It seems like only a few years have passed since I spent so many wonderful and fun-filled weekends with Lynne and your family out at the farm. Your house was always full of laughter and joy and kids (very much like my house was)! Kids always sneaking around trying to spy on Lynne and me after we had been out the night before!
I will always remember the photo shoot we set up with me wearing your wedding dress and Lynne, of course, as my bridesmaid. Every once in a while that picture surfaces, and it always makes me smile! One other memory that is vivid to me is when Lynne and I visited you in the hospital when Myrna was born. There are just so many great memories with your family, and I am so very thankful and blessed to have Lynne and the MacDonalds in my life — probably since I was 15 years old.
So today, as you celebrate 90 years, I wish you a beautiful day and a Happy Birthday. I can only hope to look as good as you when my 90 years roll around. You still look vibrant, beautiful and healthy as can be! Good for you Ivy MacDonald, you just keep on keeping on!
Love, cheers and warm birthday hugs, Noreen Bentz