I believe at one point in my adult life, I grumbled to myself some not so Christmasy thoughts as the calendar filled up for all of our grown and flown children and Christmas as we knew it took a new tangent I was not prepared for. As I recollect, I muttered something about traditions being…
My time is short today. In fact, so short….I am actually writing today’s post on Monday!!! Russ and I are attending a Christmas concert in St. Louis tonight and will be up and on the road very early to make our date with the residents of the care facility we visit every Tuesday. So here…
Today we remember my mom. Not the anniversary of her birth, but the anniversary of her last morning on planet earth. She had had a multiple stroke the Wednesday before Thanksgiving that year. A stay in the hospital led to a ride across town to a nursing care facility that we hoped she would never…