Birthday Thoughts
Saw Dad tonight down at the seawall with his "old man crew". It was just a quick stop. He was there for the same reason I was there - it was freakin' hot! The seawall in Lordship is certainly one of the breeziest places in Stratford when the temperature is still up there at 6 p.m. I'm sure another reason he was there is because today would have been Mom's 81st birthday. I prefer to remember her on 2 days especially - her birthday and Mother's Day. My neighborfriend and I were talking about Mom last night as we tried to catch a breeze outside. She is working with someone who was a kid growing up in Lordship with us, and told my neighborfriend how much her Mom liked my Mom and who she was. Her Mom was a bit younger than my Mom. It made me happy to hear that. The loss of Mom still lingers, of course. It's just part of who I am now - I guess that's how it works after a few years. I'm glad, so glad, that our kids really got to know their Grammie so ...