Twenty six inches from elbow to elbow, said the funeral director, and we searched with a yardstick tucked against the padded coffin walls, for one that would hold a man who was larger than life to me. I thought of all the foolish risks he had taken in his life, like dodging the railroad cops […]
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My Father Sept 12 1914 to Jan 26 2006
Posted in Dad, Death and renewal on June 27, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
Flowers on the table
Posted in Death and renewal, Mother in Laws on January 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Such is the marvel of modern marketing and shipping I was able to carry a bundle of beautiful blooms to my mother in law Friday, even though I drove through the snow to visit. She is in her end days now, in hospice care and happy to see even me when I come to visit. […]
Excelsior!
Posted in Death and renewal, Holidays, Mother in Laws on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I sit with a blank page on my laptop watching my reflection in the large black monitor on my son in law’s desk. The picture I see looks like a ghost of either Christmas past or Christmas future, perhaps both. It seems a line has been drawn across my life this year with bittersweet endings […]
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