Everett Jenkins Birthday Blog

  Jenkins Family Update 2025 2025 was quite a year!  The year began with a New Year's dinner at my house in Fairfield on January 5.  The dinner guests included my sister Evelyn and her boyfriend Art; my ex-wife Monica; my brother Garry, his daughter Katrina, and his granddaughter Amara; my oldest daughter Camille along with her husband Jeremy and Jeremy's friend Ryan, my son Ryan and my youngest daughter Cristina.  It was a grand time with the standard two sets of tables. One for the older generation and one for the younger one.  It was great three generation dinner and I was extremely happy to be able to host it.  For the Martin Luther King Day, I went over to Monica and Cristina's house on the other side of Fairfield where Monica and my son Ryan were present. Over a Marie Callendar's Chocolate Pie, I celebrated once again being Free at Last, Free at Last, Thank God Almighty, I am Free at Last! Due to the lingering effects of my arthritis, I did not travel...

Jenkins Family Update 2024   2024 was a year of significant highlights.  However, the theme for the year just might be "The Year of Reconciliation" or put another way, "The Return of Sparkle." My Music: A00019 - Irene Cara, R. I. P. The year of events began with my return to the Philippines and by spending Martin Luther King's Birthday (January 15) on Siargao Island.  Siargao is known for its surfing and, while I do not surf, I made a special point of visiting the surfing Mecca known as Cloud Nine just to be grateful for being "Free at Last".  My Music: A00061 - Cloud 9 on MLK Day Later on, I spent some quiet time on the beach of the Siargao Beach Club where I had a nice conversation with God.  A00229 - A Day at the Beach with God I do not think that God is done with me yet. February 2 was a major life altering event.  The family dog, Bentley, passed away.  My Music: A00062 - The Soul of Bentley and The Colors of the Wind Bentley was more than a compan...

  Jenkins Family Update 202 2 Happy Holidays!   2022 was a very eventful year -- a year of many memorable reunions.  Here are some of the highlights of the year: Everett (aka Skip)   On January 5, I attended the memorial service for my cousin Marie Blair in Inglewood, California.  Marie was 102.  After the service, I had lunch with my sister, Evelyn, at the Cheesecake Factory in Marina Del Rey. After lunch, I ventured over to Manhattan Beach to visit, for the first time ever, the now famous Bruce's Beach 88888888888 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%27s_Beach Bruce's Beach is an  African-American  beach resort at  Manhattan Beach  in  Los Angeles County, California . The property, which was located at 26th Street and Highland Avenue, was owned and operated by Charles and Willa Bruce for the benefit of the black community when  racial segregation  prevented them from enjoying opportuniti...