This is a timeline of the people and places that have helped define me, which takes you through over 100 years of family history. Enjoy the trip!
1911
Left to Right: Mom’s grandmother Mum-Mum with friend and Mum-Mum at the beach1916
Mom’s Mom and my gramma, Helen LaVerne Schmid, Pennsylvania1910
Mom’s mother with her sister at school (fourth row from front in matching dark outfits) Pennsylvania1927
My Dad’s father and mother Michigan1932
Mom and sister Jean, Pennsylvania1932
My Greek grandparents and father in Michigan1933
Grandfather in the grocery store where he spent most of his life, Orchard Lake, Michigan1936
Street urchins: Jean, a friend and Mom, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania1936
Grandfather in beret holding my father with ball cap, Michigan1937
Eagle Scout Dad as a young boy, Pontiac, Michigan1948
The Pennsylvania side of the Family1948
Beautiful Mom, Pennyslvania1948
Mom, Uncle Tink and Aunt Jeanie1956
The Big Fat Greek Side of the Family, Michigan1957
My dad in glasses in the back row visits greek relatives in Thessaloniki, Greece1960
Pamphlet mom wrote to raise money for World Vision International1961
Lee Theodore and June Schmid get married, California1961
Mom and Dad on honeymoon at Lake Cass, Michigan1963
Mom, Dad and Paul, California, Easter1966
Fron row: Cousins Timmy and Tom, Paul, Dave, Pete. Back row: Dad, Aunt Jeanie (holding Cousin Sarah) Mom, Gramma, Tink. Pennyslvania1968
The men behind the masks, Pete and Paul, Halloween, Mar Vista, California
Fun, Kind, Beautiful.1971
Pamphlet mom wrote and published for Arab family to honor the life of a son they lost1968
Forest Falls, California1968
Me on our well-manicured middle-class lawn, Mar Vista, California1968
Lakeview at Forest Home, California 1968
Mom and her sons at the wash, San Bernadino, California1969
Postcard from Paul to Dad, California1970
Christmas, Mar Vista California 1970
Venice, Italy, on Dad's teaching sabbatical1970
When my brothers and I were small we dreamt of “going to the Bryans”, our cousins. Pennsylvania1970
Athens, Greece on dad's sabbatical1971
Roadside lunch in the VW camper 1972
With Sam and Agnes and friends from Ghana at LAX Airport, 1976
Visiting Babu and Yaya (my grandparents), Pontiac, Michigan, 1976
Left to Right: Cousin Dave, Pete, Mom, Me, Gramma, Cousin Sarah at Gram’s House, Pennsylvania1978
3446 Barry Avenue, Mar Vista, California 1978
Drawing and gift by Pete entitled “The Real Santa Claus”1978
Consumate worker, Uncle Tink, Pennsylvania1978
Cityfolk up n’ move to the country, Paul goes away to college, Temecula, California1980
One of many honey-filled cards sent from Gramma Schmid, filled with admonishment, dignity and hope. Count the “Honeys”,1981
Easter, Temecula, California1993
Old town Temecula, California 1993
My cousin Ashley and Gramma Schmid1995
Paul Theodore and Carol Whilford get married1997
Paul, Me and Pete, Temecula, California1997
Pete Theodore and Katrina Puhlman get married1999
Rennovating my first home, an 1899 Victorian, Redlands, California 1999
Mom, struck by cancer and unafraid, sports a wig given to her by Aunt Jeanie and holds her first grandson Cooper2000
Cooper with his parents sister-in-law Katrina and brother Pete, Redlands, California 2000
The Zoo, San Diego, California2001
Mom and Dad2005
Noble Media, Redlands, California2008
"I think it's gonna work out" - Sharon and Chris get married, Riverside, California2008
Our first born Max, Redlands, California2011
A few Reader Magazines published over 20 years, Redlands, California2013
2015
Sharon and Sophia, Prospect Park, Redlands, California 2016
2021
The fam, San Luis Obispo, California