Number of persons through Arthur Avenue, our ancestral home of origin:
03 January 2001 to 29 December 2018: 2,608! Wonderful!
2019-2020 ~ Time for a self-imposed sabbatical from teaching events in order to think and navigate with gratefulness coupled with invigorating work between my home study and Arthur Avenue:
1) …To Reflect and Assess the ‘Spirituality and Work of Heritage – Reverencing Those Who Have Gone Before” across 19 years of gathering, preserving, sustaining, and making relevant by heritage curating and teaching on Arthur Avenue...2001 to Spring 2019 as notations are made toward possibly
2) …A Strategic & integrating way to advance in partnering Arthur Avenue with
a) McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA Departments of History, English and University Library…
b) Genealogical and Historical Library, Lake Charles, LA and SWLA Parish Public Libraries: Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, & Jefferson Davis
in order to teach the carefully curated & ordered home for students’ study and identification of their personally researched lineage, heritage and history … a ‘Finding My Roots Heritage School’ or ‘Heritage Learning’ for credit! Arthur Avenue is bricks-and-mortar with heritage family walls in heritage rooms commensurate with artifacts and memorabilia, heritage ‘paper’ organized in many binders by year, month and date, and has an ongoing heritage electronic footprint on my website www.leadkindlylight.net/HeritageCONNECT
ALSO,
3) …To Complete A Key Website Link: ‘Cypress Point, LA 130 Years Later’!
4) …Research: Matriarchal lineage of Basque, French and Swedish descent!
5) …Read: Basque books on the shelf!
6) …Review: All binders (# 321) thinking of publishing on my website and for genealogical and historical publications!
JANUARY 2019 ~ OUR ANCESTRAL HOME OF ORIGIN IS 115 YEARS OLD BUILT IN 1904. MY ELDEST AND YOUNGEST BROTHERS ARE CO-OWNERS 2001 to the PRESENT DAY; LEE JOSEPH MONLEZUN JR. AND DOMINIQUE JOSEPH MONLEZUN. OUR PARENTS PURCHASED AND MOVED INTO THE HOME ON THEIR WEDDING DAY 13 AUGUST 1941 WHICH TO THIS DAY IS A CURATED, TENDED PLACE OF TRADITION, HERITAGE AND LINEAGE. WONDERFUL!
“Each of us has been warmed by fires we did not build.
Each of us has been nourished by wells we did not dig!” Author Unknown
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07 Feb 2019 |
Veronica Gertrude Monlezun, 4th of 4 |
Sisters, 9th of ten children is 60 years |
young today in heaven. Blessed |
Birthday, dear one. |
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21 Feb. 2019 |
My sister and I cantored Mass at our cousin Alberta’s nursing |
home in Lafayette, LA with Fr. Donald Pelous as Celebrant. Then off to lunch |
and catch-up and stories and sweet remembrances. |
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24 April 2019 |
Daddy is 102 today!! Blessed |
Birthday in heaven, my dear earthly father! |
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03 May 2019 |
A Respite Day on Arthur Avenue |
with a friend-of-old! Took her to the ‘old |
pool hall’ in Gueydan for lunch! |
Great food! |
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27 May 2019 |
54th Anniversary of Death of my dear brother and sister |
Alvin Joseph and Veronica Gertrude Monlezun. |
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06 June 2019 |
Surgery for my dear husband with time |
for requisite recovery. |
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16- 24 July 2019 |
Trip to North Carolina to visit our |
son in his wonderful environs and a trip |
to the beach with friends! It’s also |
his birthday!! |
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31 July 2019 |
34th Anniversary of Death of my sweet |
father, Lee Joseph Monlezun. |
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02 August – 19 Oct 2019 |
National World War ll Museum, “The Pelican Sate Goes to War: Louisiana in World |
War ll exhibit at Historic City Hall, Lake Charles, LA. A feature will be artifacts of my |
paternal Uncle (Army 1st Lt.) Alvin Joseph Monlezun. How wonderful! How |
grateful I am! |
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25 Aug. – 29 Sept. 2019 |
‘Germanfest Folk Singers’ rehearsals |
commence for three and two Germanfest |
Performances 5th & 6th October 2019 |
Can’t wait! |
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05-22 Sept 2019 |
Our son and Ryan William take an |
extensive trip to Hong Kong, Bali, |
& Singapore; adventures in the |
FAR East! |
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5 & 6 Oct. 2019 |
25th Germanfest in Roberts Cove, LA! |
AND, the 19th Joseph Hensgens |
Family Reunion! |
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09 Oct 2019 |
Lake Arthur Health Clinic Board meet |
on Arthur Avenue for a meet and feast! |
Wonderful! |
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19 Oct. 2019 |
‘Ft. Polk Retiree Day!’ Always a |
memorable event at the Post where we |
met. We reminisce there & back! |
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20 Oct. 2019 |
The ‘Family Choir’ of our church |
celebrated 40 years of music ministry! |
Many, many sang the Mass with a |
post- Reception! |
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21 Oct. 2019 |
My husband is interviewed as part |
of a ‘Special Veteran’s Project’ |
sponsored by Barbe High School. |
Wonderful! |
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22 Dec. 2019 |
81 Extended Family Christmas celebration on |
Arthur Avenue as our parents before us organized and loved! |
Visiting, babies, generational pics, food, caroling on |
the Old Ford truck and Santa! |
I have enjoyed time-lining years but, alas, it is ending December 2019. I have retired from ministries after 62 years in public life. I am reading, thinking, journaling, cooking after assiduous menu planning, pondering an archives for my many, many Binders, talking with my dear, dear husband about many things, learning many things but not responsible for anything. It is freeing, wonderful and exhilarating in prayer to follow my Kindly Light! Lead Thou me on…