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Steve L. was born Nestor I. Feelgoode on April 1, 1910. His first home was a log cabin without running water or electricity in Montpelier, Vermont. His father labored in the maple sugar fields although his mother did own a lot of diamond jewelry.
In 1917, when Nestor was 7 years old, his father enlisted in the army. He said he was going to fight The War To End All Wars so that his baby son, Nestor, would be able to live in peace.
Unfortunately, during the Battle of the Somme (or some other battle, one that happened after 1917) Nestor's father lost his best friend in tragic circumstances. His friend said he was going to leave the fox hole to get some more ammunition, but he wandered behind enemy lines. His family did not see him again until 1928 when someone told him he was living in Germany. He is said to have exclaimed, "No wonder all the verbs are in the second volume!" and then to have looked for a telegraph office.
Meanwhile Nestor's father returned home a changed man. He said that no man who has seen war will ever look at life in the same way. He became a milliner in an effort to restore his sanity. That is how little Nestor came to grow up in retail.
Would anyone else care to tell the next chapter? I always become choked up when we get to that part.
Deborah
In 1917, when Nestor was 7 years old, his father enlisted in the army. He said he was going to fight The War To End All Wars so that his baby son, Nestor, would be able to live in peace.
Unfortunately, during the Battle of the Somme (or some other battle, one that happened after 1917) Nestor's father lost his best friend in tragic circumstances. His friend said he was going to leave the fox hole to get some more ammunition, but he wandered behind enemy lines. His family did not see him again until 1928 when someone told him he was living in Germany. He is said to have exclaimed, "No wonder all the verbs are in the second volume!" and then to have looked for a telegraph office.
Meanwhile Nestor's father returned home a changed man. He said that no man who has seen war will ever look at life in the same way. He became a milliner in an effort to restore his sanity. That is how little Nestor came to grow up in retail.
Would anyone else care to tell the next chapter? I always become choked up when we get to that part.
Deborah
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On 11/9/2003 9:51:15 AM StevL wrote:
ABGF lol! You my dear are too much.
I promise I'll start writing something very soon, I don't want to be talked about----------------
Oh...and I was just getting to the good part! How your family lost the maple fields after the stock market crash of 1929 and weathered the Great Depression! Remember those stories your father used to tell about building roads with the CCC?
You're going to tell them *yourself*???
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Well, I guess I’ll tell a little about my family history and me.
My father which is deceased now was born and raised in Keen, New Hampshire. His mother and father were Jewish and his family was in the wholesale diamond business dating back to his 3rd grandfather.
My mother was the 12th child of 14 and was raised in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania. My grandmother on this side was a full time mother raising a large family and working their back yard farm. My grandfather was a very hard working coal miner as was his father. My grandparents on this side are Polish and obviously Catholic.
How does a Catholic woman meet and marry a Jewish gentleman?
In the early days my father did what ever it took to make a decent living. In the summer months he worked as a golf pro at a hotel in the Catskill Mountains. He was a teaching golf pro and hustled the wealthy visitors on the golf course and billiard tables (I’m sure he isn’t happy with me telling this but he knows I’m telling the truth). He met my mother who was working as a waitress at this resort hotel. My mother would work the summer months at the resort because the money was good (well not compared today). My dad wined and dined my mother with his winnings; she had never seen this kind of life style but also didn’t know he was the local hustler. He was a true ladies man at the time. I have been told many of the young women had an eye for him at the time. My mother was a beautiful slender blonde at the time, and she certainly caught my dad’s eye.
Within the year they met they became married. They were married for 48 years before my father passed away. My dad settled down and worked in the wholesale diamond business for about 45 years. He carried a few side lines over the years such as Fredrick Goldman. My father made a very good living and my mother became a house wife after about 5 years of marriage. For those first 5 years my mother was an elevator operator and waitress in New York City.
After about 5 to 6 years of marriage my parents relocated to Columbia South Carolina as my father was doing very well with business in the South East. They decided Columbia offered easy access from Florida to Virginia, and westward to Alabama.
This is when my older brother was born in 1944. David is an extremely smart individual that graduated with and Electronic Engineering degree. He did learn to play poker very well while in school, and it gave him some problems while maturing. David worked in the jewelry business, married, and had two beautiful daughters (one was to be in the Olympics until she broke her arm 6 months before they were to begin). His daughters are married now and have given my brother grandchildren to enjoy. My brother eventually left the jewelry business and opened his own high end computer store that does maintenance and the networking of some very large companies here in the Southeast.
In the year 1948 my sister was born. Debbie (Deborah) my parents always refered to her as the “rose between two thorns”. They couldn’t have been anymore correct with that statement. My sister is one great sister! She is very talented and super intelligent. She is very caring, and pays enormous attention to detail. Debbie in her teen years played the piano very well and won several beauty contests. She was to compete in the Miss South Carolina pageant but married before the pageant. Debbie is married to a fine Southern gentleman. I know how she looks at every detail, and I sure hope she never reads this. She and her husband have two beautiful daughters (remember 2 girls each from my brother and sister). Her oldest daughter has two little girls also, giving my sister the honor of being a grandparent. My sister’s youngest daughter is blessed with musical talent. She plays 4 instruments very well. She can listen to a new song one time and in a few minutes pick her way through it, it amazes us. She is currently in Nashville and is very close to a recording deal. My sister and her husband enjoy their horses. They are horse fanatics and are currently building a new farm.
Now here comes trouble. I was born in1956. I was a mistake from a nice loving Florida vacation. When I was born you could say I had a silver spoon in my mouth, from new cars when I turned driving age to my own boat by the age of 17. I was a very good student up until high school. In high school I still made A’s in science and math, but I learned how to cut the other classes in there entirety. I had difficulty even finishing high school. I never was in trouble, but I didn’t have much motivation for school, there were many other ways to spend the day.
I had a wonderful opportunity right in front of me.
I water skied as a child, love to barefoot, slalom and trick ski. The love for water took me to scuba diving in 1971 which I enjoy in a limited fashion today. My true love as a child was baseball. I could not get enough of playing baseball. Our neighbor even put up a chain link fence to cover their windows on our side of their house. I can’t count how many times my baseballs broke their glass. I continued playing baseball through high school and into American Legion. Then my big opportunity! I was scouted by three major universities to play baseball. I decided to take one up on their offer and it would include a scholarship.
Well, it didn’t last long. I found the wild side of upper education very quickly. I began smoking, drinking, and running very late, even for days sometimes. I was considered missing in action. Well that didn’t go over very well with the athletics department, the end of my brief career. When that famous question is asked; “what would you do different”, I know where one big change would have been.
I had already done some part time work in jewelry, electronics and as an EMT for a short period of time. I finally matured and started in the jewelry business full time. That is already pretty well known around here.
I married a very beautiful young lady at the age of 22. We were married for 8 years before we had our first child. We had plenty of time to ourselves and to finish the party scene before having kids. We had two beautiful boys! The first named Jason and the second named Alden. These two kids are fantastic! More on that in a few minutes. My wife and I had most everything. Time together, two great kids, good health, nice home, cool boats, jetskis, cars, travel; we had a very nice life together for almost 20 years. Then on one weekend things went really bad. I had the kids in Virginia at the Junior Olympic Games and returned to find that I was getting a divorce. One that I didn’t know I was getting. My entire life just fell apart in one quick swoop. It took me about a year and a half to finally put most of it behind me and begin dating.
Well if you haven’t been on the dating scene in 20 years thing have changed!! I was a fish out of water!! I have stories that are very unique, but this isn’t the place.
I was introduced to my second wife Sylvia at a large dinner party that mutual friends were having. Come to think of it we were the only two single people invited, duh. I was rather shy and wouldn’t even sit next to her. We sat across the table diagonally from each other. She was fantastic, looked untouchable to me. She was so prim and proper, simply an elegant woman. I later found out she had been divorced for about 12 years. Sylvia had never had children but clearly loves them all. She majored in child development and has her degree in education. She taught preschool for years, it was for the love of the children not the money. Her first husband was very wealthy being a major league baseball pitcher and a Cy Young winner. Come to find out Sylvia could not have children, a really sad thing considering how much love she has for all children.
If you remember I have two sons. A match made in heaven. Sylvia could now share in the parent responsibilities and I found a great woman to share my life with. My children which are now 16 and 12 years of age love her to death. They have a traditional mom and children relationship. Most people would never know meeting us together that they are not her children. God has blessed me in many ways. They hang together, do house work together, she even has them cooking a little. Sylvia is a great cook, man she can cook. She keeps her own home clean, wouldn’t have it any other way. A Southern princess, how lucky can I be? She is a bit shy, doesn’t like the lime light, but enjoys the little thing in life. Sure she appreciates nice things, but a flower or two from the side of the road will bring a great big hug and smile. This woman has a big heart, and I’m lucky she was willing to share it with me.
Our (my) two kids are great, absolutely no complaint from this dad. They both make very good grades in school (no C on their report cards), and both were extremely talented in baseball. They both decided to give up baseball for another love, golf. Jason plays to about a 3 handicap after playing for almost 4 years now, and the youngest Alden has been playing for 6 months now. His lowest score from the men’s white tees is 44 and he keeps it under 50 most of the time. Not bad for 12 years old and playing only 6 months. Jason is on his high school team and Alden is going to try to make the JV team this February. I’m with them on the course at least 3 days a week, more in the summer and less at Christmas. I watch most of the time, but I still get one round a week in. Great family hobby, even Sylvia will ride and watch us play.
We still enjoy the water; we have a nice 24ft boat that we enjoy on our lake. We sometimes take it to the coast and travel the waterways. The fast boats and cars are a thing of the past, but this slower life sure has many pleasures. A day on the golf course with the kids, and a glass of wine with the wife watching the sunset, this is a life I enjoy.
As many of you know, not long after Sylvia and I were married she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a couple interesting years thing smoothed out for about 6 months. Then I had a heart attack this past January. Things are back to normal for us now, and I thank all of you that offered support over those couple interesting years. Life is a little simpler now, but I think it is supposed to be that way.
What else you want to know? I'm pretty boring after this
My father which is deceased now was born and raised in Keen, New Hampshire. His mother and father were Jewish and his family was in the wholesale diamond business dating back to his 3rd grandfather.
My mother was the 12th child of 14 and was raised in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania. My grandmother on this side was a full time mother raising a large family and working their back yard farm. My grandfather was a very hard working coal miner as was his father. My grandparents on this side are Polish and obviously Catholic.
How does a Catholic woman meet and marry a Jewish gentleman?
In the early days my father did what ever it took to make a decent living. In the summer months he worked as a golf pro at a hotel in the Catskill Mountains. He was a teaching golf pro and hustled the wealthy visitors on the golf course and billiard tables (I’m sure he isn’t happy with me telling this but he knows I’m telling the truth). He met my mother who was working as a waitress at this resort hotel. My mother would work the summer months at the resort because the money was good (well not compared today). My dad wined and dined my mother with his winnings; she had never seen this kind of life style but also didn’t know he was the local hustler. He was a true ladies man at the time. I have been told many of the young women had an eye for him at the time. My mother was a beautiful slender blonde at the time, and she certainly caught my dad’s eye.
Within the year they met they became married. They were married for 48 years before my father passed away. My dad settled down and worked in the wholesale diamond business for about 45 years. He carried a few side lines over the years such as Fredrick Goldman. My father made a very good living and my mother became a house wife after about 5 years of marriage. For those first 5 years my mother was an elevator operator and waitress in New York City.
After about 5 to 6 years of marriage my parents relocated to Columbia South Carolina as my father was doing very well with business in the South East. They decided Columbia offered easy access from Florida to Virginia, and westward to Alabama.
This is when my older brother was born in 1944. David is an extremely smart individual that graduated with and Electronic Engineering degree. He did learn to play poker very well while in school, and it gave him some problems while maturing. David worked in the jewelry business, married, and had two beautiful daughters (one was to be in the Olympics until she broke her arm 6 months before they were to begin). His daughters are married now and have given my brother grandchildren to enjoy. My brother eventually left the jewelry business and opened his own high end computer store that does maintenance and the networking of some very large companies here in the Southeast.
In the year 1948 my sister was born. Debbie (Deborah) my parents always refered to her as the “rose between two thorns”. They couldn’t have been anymore correct with that statement. My sister is one great sister! She is very talented and super intelligent. She is very caring, and pays enormous attention to detail. Debbie in her teen years played the piano very well and won several beauty contests. She was to compete in the Miss South Carolina pageant but married before the pageant. Debbie is married to a fine Southern gentleman. I know how she looks at every detail, and I sure hope she never reads this. She and her husband have two beautiful daughters (remember 2 girls each from my brother and sister). Her oldest daughter has two little girls also, giving my sister the honor of being a grandparent. My sister’s youngest daughter is blessed with musical talent. She plays 4 instruments very well. She can listen to a new song one time and in a few minutes pick her way through it, it amazes us. She is currently in Nashville and is very close to a recording deal. My sister and her husband enjoy their horses. They are horse fanatics and are currently building a new farm.
Now here comes trouble. I was born in1956. I was a mistake from a nice loving Florida vacation. When I was born you could say I had a silver spoon in my mouth, from new cars when I turned driving age to my own boat by the age of 17. I was a very good student up until high school. In high school I still made A’s in science and math, but I learned how to cut the other classes in there entirety. I had difficulty even finishing high school. I never was in trouble, but I didn’t have much motivation for school, there were many other ways to spend the day.
I had a wonderful opportunity right in front of me.
I water skied as a child, love to barefoot, slalom and trick ski. The love for water took me to scuba diving in 1971 which I enjoy in a limited fashion today. My true love as a child was baseball. I could not get enough of playing baseball. Our neighbor even put up a chain link fence to cover their windows on our side of their house. I can’t count how many times my baseballs broke their glass. I continued playing baseball through high school and into American Legion. Then my big opportunity! I was scouted by three major universities to play baseball. I decided to take one up on their offer and it would include a scholarship.
Well, it didn’t last long. I found the wild side of upper education very quickly. I began smoking, drinking, and running very late, even for days sometimes. I was considered missing in action. Well that didn’t go over very well with the athletics department, the end of my brief career. When that famous question is asked; “what would you do different”, I know where one big change would have been.
I had already done some part time work in jewelry, electronics and as an EMT for a short period of time. I finally matured and started in the jewelry business full time. That is already pretty well known around here.
I married a very beautiful young lady at the age of 22. We were married for 8 years before we had our first child. We had plenty of time to ourselves and to finish the party scene before having kids. We had two beautiful boys! The first named Jason and the second named Alden. These two kids are fantastic! More on that in a few minutes. My wife and I had most everything. Time together, two great kids, good health, nice home, cool boats, jetskis, cars, travel; we had a very nice life together for almost 20 years. Then on one weekend things went really bad. I had the kids in Virginia at the Junior Olympic Games and returned to find that I was getting a divorce. One that I didn’t know I was getting. My entire life just fell apart in one quick swoop. It took me about a year and a half to finally put most of it behind me and begin dating.
Well if you haven’t been on the dating scene in 20 years thing have changed!! I was a fish out of water!! I have stories that are very unique, but this isn’t the place.
I was introduced to my second wife Sylvia at a large dinner party that mutual friends were having. Come to think of it we were the only two single people invited, duh. I was rather shy and wouldn’t even sit next to her. We sat across the table diagonally from each other. She was fantastic, looked untouchable to me. She was so prim and proper, simply an elegant woman. I later found out she had been divorced for about 12 years. Sylvia had never had children but clearly loves them all. She majored in child development and has her degree in education. She taught preschool for years, it was for the love of the children not the money. Her first husband was very wealthy being a major league baseball pitcher and a Cy Young winner. Come to find out Sylvia could not have children, a really sad thing considering how much love she has for all children.
If you remember I have two sons. A match made in heaven. Sylvia could now share in the parent responsibilities and I found a great woman to share my life with. My children which are now 16 and 12 years of age love her to death. They have a traditional mom and children relationship. Most people would never know meeting us together that they are not her children. God has blessed me in many ways. They hang together, do house work together, she even has them cooking a little. Sylvia is a great cook, man she can cook. She keeps her own home clean, wouldn’t have it any other way. A Southern princess, how lucky can I be? She is a bit shy, doesn’t like the lime light, but enjoys the little thing in life. Sure she appreciates nice things, but a flower or two from the side of the road will bring a great big hug and smile. This woman has a big heart, and I’m lucky she was willing to share it with me.
Our (my) two kids are great, absolutely no complaint from this dad. They both make very good grades in school (no C on their report cards), and both were extremely talented in baseball. They both decided to give up baseball for another love, golf. Jason plays to about a 3 handicap after playing for almost 4 years now, and the youngest Alden has been playing for 6 months now. His lowest score from the men’s white tees is 44 and he keeps it under 50 most of the time. Not bad for 12 years old and playing only 6 months. Jason is on his high school team and Alden is going to try to make the JV team this February. I’m with them on the course at least 3 days a week, more in the summer and less at Christmas. I watch most of the time, but I still get one round a week in. Great family hobby, even Sylvia will ride and watch us play.
We still enjoy the water; we have a nice 24ft boat that we enjoy on our lake. We sometimes take it to the coast and travel the waterways. The fast boats and cars are a thing of the past, but this slower life sure has many pleasures. A day on the golf course with the kids, and a glass of wine with the wife watching the sunset, this is a life I enjoy.
As many of you know, not long after Sylvia and I were married she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a couple interesting years thing smoothed out for about 6 months. Then I had a heart attack this past January. Things are back to normal for us now, and I thank all of you that offered support over those couple interesting years. Life is a little simpler now, but I think it is supposed to be that way.
What else you want to know? I'm pretty boring after this
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I have never posted a photo of me (that I can remember) or my wife on the net. But here is a photo from our wedding 4 years ago. I had more hair then so I'm using that one
We also have three pets, one black and one blonde cocker, and a black and white kitty.
Lawmax, I know you don't remember those stories. Didn't you have too much to drink? No, it must have been me
We also have three pets, one black and one blonde cocker, and a black and white kitty.
Lawmax, I know you don't remember those stories. Didn't you have too much to drink? No, it must have been me
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Thanks for sharing. Do you think your children will go into the "family" business?
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They certainly can if they choose to, but they first must finish their higher education and work a job through obtaining that education.
I have actually thought it may be best to have young people work for a year or two right out of high school. I believe this would better teach them the value of the dollar and better prepare them to make a decision of what to major in. All of a sudden 6 or 8 years of school doesn’t seem too bad to have a professional career.
My oldest son works now in a gourmet coffee shop. He gets up at 6am on the weekends and finishes about 1pm (in time for golf). He has to pay his car insurance and any gas over the one fill up a week I provide. I believe him paying the insurance makes him a better driver; he has heard the stories of insurance going through the roof with a traffic citation or an accident. Of course I give him a few dollars each week if he needs it, but not open handedly.
I’m much harder on my children than my parents were on me. I learned a few lessons the hard way and I’m letting my kids learn it a little sooner.
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They certainly can if they choose to, but they first must finish their higher education and work a job through obtaining that education.
I have actually thought it may be best to have young people work for a year or two right out of high school. I believe this would better teach them the value of the dollar and better prepare them to make a decision of what to major in. All of a sudden 6 or 8 years of school doesn’t seem too bad to have a professional career.
My oldest son works now in a gourmet coffee shop. He gets up at 6am on the weekends and finishes about 1pm (in time for golf). He has to pay his car insurance and any gas over the one fill up a week I provide. I believe him paying the insurance makes him a better driver; he has heard the stories of insurance going through the roof with a traffic citation or an accident. Of course I give him a few dollars each week if he needs it, but not open handedly.
I’m much harder on my children than my parents were on me. I learned a few lessons the hard way and I’m letting my kids learn it a little sooner.
I can not agree more. It's called consequences of their actions & learning the value of a dollar (that you work hard to make). I think it's easier for parents to just give kids anything they want. IMHO, that action is teaching *no* life lessons. Instant gratification runs rampant in our society. Despite my parents having money when I came along, I was expected to work. I learned to allocate my resources. Since I was spending my *own* money, I looked more seriously at my choices.
Ultimately, your approach will be a gift to them when they become adults.
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Wow! You came up with that on your *own*? I decided to start college a year later than originally planned. I wanted to go to Boston and get a job and an apartment with a girlfriend. I worked at home (nurse's aide at a local hospital) during the summer and in September made the move to Boston. I was back home and in school by January. Got straights A's the first semester, too!
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