SWEET MEMORIES

About the Book

Sweet Memories are a collection of my writings during the past fifteen years after retirement while living in Virginia Beach and Bettendorf. In both places I joined a writer’s club. The Bettendorf group leader Dr. Margie Schwaninger is an outstanding writer, motivator, and leader. When we took a break this summer, she challenged us to look at our old writings and to put them to good use. This book results from my “looking at my old writings.” I wrote about a variety of subjects. Some were about our culture, customs, work, travel, members of the family and friends who influenced my life and made significant contributions to the world at large, some general topics such as security alarms, railways, Amish and Mennonite and so on. I also copied some articles of interest from my book “Memoirs of Pastor A.C. Samuel.” I have referred to my husband as Daddy, John and at other times as Dr. Thomas in some of these articles. These topics cover life in India and the United States of America.

About the Author

Dr. Mariamma Thomas is a retired physician. She graduated from the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. She extended her medical education and became a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She worked as OB/GYN senior consultant at the Metro General Hospital and Assistant Professor in Reproductive Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio for 32 years. She grew up in India and has been living in the United States since 1961 and is a US citizen. She is also the author of “Memoirs of Pastor A.C. Samuel.” She lived in Cleveland, Ohio, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Bettendorf, Iowa with her husband of 56 years, Dr. John Thomas. He passed away in 2017. They have three daughters and five grandchildren.