Two Noras: January 5, 1919 and January 5, 2025

Nora Bauer: Sunday, January 5, 1919

Was to 7:30 & 10 oclock Mass and Vespers. Heard today that Polly Minneman was very sick with pneumonia and not expected to live. Went to Paramount this afternoon and to Uncle Frank's tonight. 

Nora Spitznogle: Sunday, January 5, 2025

I went to 10:30 Mass then Aaron and I went to breakfast. I puttered around this afternoon while the snow started falling. J.R. reached out and I met the gang in Broad Ripple. 

I thought that Polly's name seemed familiar. When I was flipping through her journals last week I found a wedding announcement that she had cut out and pasted in her 1917 journal. Polyanthus Beebe married Leroy Minneman on November 3, 1917. 

When I saw it I wondered if Nora was sad that she wasn't marrying her soldier - Paul who was also in the Army. And Paul and Leroy were cousins (I think). 

I had a surprisingly fun day. Mass was lovely - I was a Eucharistic Minister. Today is the Feast of the Epiphany. 

Aaron and I went to a neighborhood diner for breakfast - I feel like we've been ships passing in the night lately and it is nice to take time to catch up. 

I worked in the basement for a bit and took a nap - it was a short night between working at the Red Key Tavern and Mass. 

J.R. (my brother) reached out to ask if I wanted to meet him after the Colts game. He was with John David (my nephew), Monica (second cousin), and a friend of John's. 

The snow was falling pretty hard, but it was fun to be in Broad Ripple Village. The area is typically full of people dining and enjoying themselves, but it was empty this evening. 

Our cousin Jimmy and his friend Claudia met up with us at the bar. We wound up visiting three different bars and the kids played pool at each of them. It was great to hang out with them and to get to know Claudia better - she's lovely! 

During all of the fun I was on the phone with my coworkers making plans because it was becoming clear that we needed to close Second Helpings tomorrow. We decided that a handful of us would go in to deliver meals to the shelters and residential partners. 

I'm also grateful for my new (March 2024) vehicle - it drives really well in the snow.