Tom is no different, traveling back to the old home town of Pekin, Illinois as often as he can. Besides the nostalgia and the full-circle moments he has shared in his book, TOM, he still has friends and family there. So he is making new memories with each visit!
On one such visit Tom gathered with his twin brothers, Tim and Til, and with his sister Carol. As they looked through photo albums and laughed they came across a cute picture of the 3 brothers standing in front a newly-planted pine tree. The city had recently made some improvements to the park, including this young tree that would someday provide a cozy shade spot for afternoon picnics. That was in 1956, and they were now looking at this photo almost half-a-century later in 2003. Surely that tree was a giant by now!
The four siblings decided to drive down to the park and find the very spot to do a "then and now" photo. Not long after a local Pekin paper ran the story, shown below along with another short article about the nursing home they lived in as kids and a photo of the four at the old home. Tom is the little guy who always seems to be tilting his head. 😊
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