Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Recently, a friend sent us a picture from the Gazette-Journal dated April 9. The picture was of my daughters and a clown from the 1988 Daffodil Festival.

It was such a wonderful thing to see! We moved from Gloucester in 2000 to come home to Michigan. When we did, we left many friends, some family and a large part of our hearts behind. Through these friends, we have kept up with the changes there and we hope to visit soon!

Gloucester was a warm and loving place to call home and we miss it very much. So a big Thank-You for not forgetting us! Seeing that picture in the paper is like looking at your old high school yearbook … feeling the warm memories and aching just a little from nostalgia.

A big “Hey” to our dear friends in Gloucester from the cold North lands! Hope to one day see all you dear people.

With love and appreciation.

Ann Talaga, Jessica Talaga Hendry, Lauren Talaga Hornus

Bay City, Mich. ...