This memory was recorded by Dale Grant in March 2015
I guess I was busy trucking on the highway when Rachel was born. I was home for the evening after a long day when your mother went into labor. She had been having false labor earlier and so we wondered at first, but finally decided it was real and that we needed to get to the hospital. I think that my mom and dad were working at the temple that night because we took Deanna up to the Zaugg residence. They were living in Burns Wood’s home at the time and they had a daughter about the same age as Deanna.
It was evening on March 6 1974 when we went to the hospital. It was snowing, actually it was near blizzard conditions, when we went to the hospital. We were not at the hospital for very long before she was born. Oh yes, daughter number 2 was in the family. She was bubbly and cute and fun right from the get go. She was quite athletic and was always on the move.
It is just coincidence but it seems that every major thing that Rachel has done in her life has been done in a blizzard / snow storm. When we took her down to BYU for school in August there was a huge snow storm. We had gone to bed the night before we left and the weather was great, but when we got up the next morning there was about 6 inches of wet snow everywhere. Needless to say we had to build a snowman before we left. And then there was Rachel’s wedding. When we went into the temple for her wedding the sun was shining not a cloud in the sky. It was an absolute beautiful day. But when we came out of the temple a few hours later there was a lot of snow on the ground and it was still snowing and blowing!!!
Another beautiful daughter to raise and have in my life. I am so blessed.
