MONTCLAIR (Oakland)-----KATHLEEN--------CHOWS

MONTCLAIR  (Oakland , CA)

Back --- the honeymoon over,
back to the COP job.

We had moved into the "shack"
in the woods on a mountainside.

Mary Ellen left alone all day,
sometimes all night, we needed
a dog.

I always liked Chow Dogs they
had tried to save my life a couple
of times.
We went to Mrs. Renz Chow
kennel and bought one. then two,
then another and another.

Soon a beautiful baby girl was
born, Kathleen.

Then half the mountain collapsed
in a heavy rain.  The house next
door was swept into the street.
I heard the roaring sound and
raced into the backyard with the
baby.
We moved out, bought a house in
San Leandro, all on one floor, big
 back yard.

Now we were happy.

We took all the Chows with us and
kept them on tethers in the back
yard, then we buildt a kennel, then
we got rabbits, then we got pigeons
and chickens and

Then we planted a huge garden
and we were happy.
Then there was Michael, a round
little guy and we were thrilled to
have a boy.  St. Michael was the
patron of the Police, so he was
Michael.
And we were happy.

Then Mary Therese was born.
and she was a round little cherub
And we were happy.

Then Maureen Angela and she was
a doll.
But, before we knew it, Patricia
Ellen and she and Maureen were
inseparable, then

Sean Patrick was born and
then we were happy

Ah, finally Eileen Marie was born
and we were afraid she would never
walk---- she scoooted.

Mary Ellen drove them to school
at the school named after a saint
and then we really were happy.

But it did`nt stop---- Yes, the babies
stopped coming, but they had then
started to Moreau High School in
Hayward, CA. and some prospered
with straight A grades and some
got in trouble and some were just
plain Irish, but
then we were happy.

----- John Crowley