FIRST TO ARRIVE

We have six children, of which four are daughters. Four of the six children will be visiting with us this month, plus other family members. We call them “VFRs” i.e. “Visiting Friends and Relatives” – and what a pleasure it is.

First to arrive is our firstborn Debra Sue Aab of Moreno Valley, Riverside County, California (the city I helped found, served on the first City Council, and as Mayor Pro-Tem). Accompanying Debra is 1/18th of my grandchildren, Derek Aab a high school senior. She is the parent of four of our grandchildren: Danny, Tiffany, Dusty, and Derek.

Debra was born at Fort Monroe, Virginia during the period I was flying F94C interceptors at Langley AFB, Virginia. She’s a graduate of the St. Elizabeth School of Nursing at Dayton, Ohio.
Soon after graduation she moved to Southern California, and has worked as a nurse at the Riverside County Medical Center ever since.

Debra is very athletic (I have no idea where she ever inherited that!), ran the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon Race in Anchorage in 1996, and finished with a very respectable time. She is an avid adult soccer player, and has played in soccer tournaments around the country, including Hawaii.