Comments on: Family Circle’s The Voice of Celebration Contest

By: Doreen Scalera

Doreen Scalera — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:25:32 +0000

For many years,I have been making homemade versions of Jeopardy to play at family &friend holiday gatherings,but I am never able to play because I know all the answers.To my suprise,for my 50th birthday my female neighbors put together an elegant dinner party and invited my 3 oldest friends from high school,and the evening concluded with a Jeopardy game about me(they even sang the theme song)it was one of the nicest gifts I have ever recieved!

By: Betty Jane Hill

Betty Jane Hill — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:59:29 +0000

The year was 1972. I read about a restaurant which was opening atop the World Trade Center. The Hill family budget had become strained so as a stay-at-home mom of four teenage children I found it necessary to seek employment. This I found as a secretary at a university across the Hudson River from Manhattan. I had been out of the work force for too many years and changes had taken place–electric typewriters for example. Wow! Did those keys move fast!! However, with the aid of a rental machine and practice this obstacle was conquered and I got the job. One day i thouht–wouldn’t it be great to celebrate my birthday atop the tallest building in New York. I whisked out a piece of stationary and wrote to make a reservation. On June 9 the Hill family and a few friends went to new York. Two elevators speeded us to the top. We passed through a hall of mirrors into the restaurant where the view of lower Manhattan and the Empire State Building uptown was breathtaking. I have wondered whether the letterhead of the stationary was instrumental in securing a table with a view. It was an elegant evening. It is with mixed feelings that I now reflect on that birthday experience but saddened by the knowledge that Windows on the World no longer exists, except as a memory.

By: Shirley Chaityn

Shirley Chaityn — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:58:54 +0000

Have fun sharing with me my most memorable birthday celebration. My husband and I rode down the Grand Canyon on mules. We arrived at Phantom Ranch on the very bottom, and waiting for me was a sheet cake with a big piece missing and stuck in thecakewas a half burnt green candle. Those that hicked down and fellow mule riders stood and sang Happy Birthday to me. I thanked them all for attending my party.

By: Regina Eck

Regina Eck — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:38:34 +0000

I was a supervisor for children and youth.
Kathy,Janine and I all went out to lunch together .My dad ,husband,and I all went to dinner .Kathy Ryan,Janine Rettger and Blane Swiger,My dad ,left here to cancer Diagnosis.Janine left in here early 30’s .They would have been cheering your contest.So the Red hats on to you ,Julianne Hoough.Im 54,on disability now,and would love to see you Live. My hobby is singing Karaoke.