Church Landing: Steph & Andrew 4/26/08

SMALL WORLD! I have to share this story! I filmed Steph and Andrew Cornwell’s wedding this past weekend at Church Landing and a gentleman came up to me… “are you Meg Simone? …  I had a crush on your mother in grade school!”…. WOW… here are the “small world details” he just emailed me. I edited for some clarity.

“Long before I went to school with Jenny Swisher (Megs mom), my mother Grace Johnson went to Salem State Teachers College with two close friends, Becky Patten (Megs Grandmother) and Christine Yagian. My mother graduated in 1936, and I believe the other two were the same year or a close one.

When I moved from Newburyport to Newbury in 1953 I entered a fourth grade class that included your mother (Megs Mom).  In grades 7 and 8 her mother (Megs Grandmother) taught us English and Social Studies and another teacher handled math and science.

My sister (two years older) kept in touch with Bill and Becky (Megs Grandparents) until she lost track of them. (They both passed, my grandmother a year ago TODAY)  In May 2006 she received your letter to the names found in your grandmother’s address book (alerting them of her passing), and was quite pleased to have been on the list. It was a thoughtful and kind thing for you to have done.

My sister sent me a copy, and I noticed that your email address was at a domain named after you, and I checked out your website. Since my niece Stephanie had announced that she and Andrew were going to be married, I sent her a note to suggest a possible videographer if they had not yet selected one. So we show up and there you are, and I had to drop that line on you.

Give your mother my regards and best wishes.
GAR