My work is doing an amusement park takeover. It's where one or two groups buy out the park for the day. Usually the way it works is the pass will let you ride most, if not all, the rides for free for the day. When I was about 10, mom and dad had a surprise... Continue Reading →
Tadpole Crossing
Shopping with mom was always an adventure. She hated shopping from the time she was a little girl, she hated shopping. Her mother would take her to the store to buy a new bonnet and the sales people would oooh and aaah over the chubby baby. Mamie (mom's mom) would set her up on the... Continue Reading →
Another birthday
Dear Dan, Happy birthday -- or as we used to say to each other -- Happy Happy Joy Joy! Another birthday and you're not here. So much is going on on the political front, you should be here to see it. There have been many time in recent days, I think about calling you, but... Continue Reading →
Words from beyond
I've been trying to get my condo clean and changed up a bit since it is now actually mine. This entails going through a deep closet that's beneath stairs leading to an upper unit. I pulled most things out, threw a lot away and am now in the process of going through miscellaneous boxes. One... Continue Reading →
Ten years
Dear Dan, Sometimes it seems like a minute; sometimes it seems like 100 years. I miss you as much as ever. I look back over the past ten years and wonder: how different would life be if you were still in it? Mom would still have dementia, but probably not quite as far along as... Continue Reading →