Monday, January 12, 2009

From Deborah Ellwood

Dearest Wendell,

It's been 15 years (!) since we did our last Children Now Report Card together but you still make the grade with me:
Smarts -- A
Savvy -- A
Strategic Thinking -- A
Sense of Humor -- A
Kindness and Class -- A++

I was a freshly minted policy wonk and you set me on my way. Thank you!

It was wonderful to catch up in the Pittsburgh airport last year.

All the best to you and Stuart.

Much love,
Debby-Lou and Andy

And special hugs from Ned and Logan, the adorable boys you know only from pictures

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Somewhere I have a college pic of Stu "turtling". I can't find it, but it's probably embarassing enough just to mention it. One night at UCol Stu and I drove back from skiing, listening to "Best of Cream", only to discover when we got to our apartment that we'd never secured the skis in the ski rack. After 1.5 hours @ 70 mph miraculously the skis were still there! In our senior year, we joined Mr. & Mrs. Lazarus to celebrate Wendy & Stu's 21st birthday in New Haven. We went to a performance where a guy was playing very "psychedelic" Ravie Shankar-type music on this giant sitar. After about 20 minutes, Chuck leaned over to me, nodded to the performer, and whispered "don't ever get like that!" Stu and Wendy -- 39 years later, happy birthday!