I did the unthinkable today. I went down to the basement and brought up a large bin of letters my father wrote me after I left home for college. I sat on the couch and opened it up and began to read some of the letters. Then, I remembered why this box more than any […]
Nursing Homes Are Sad Places
Nursing homes are sad places, I tell you. Last night the Center invited families to dinner, but we were the only family that came. We had Mexican food nursing home style. It was pretty awful. The people all look so sad – slumped over in their wheelchairs, food stuck in the beards of men for […]
Everything I Own
I would give everything I own Give up my life, my heart, my home I would give ev’rything I own Just to have you back again.. –From David Gates (Bread), Everything I Own I miss you so much these days. It’s so difficult to make the drive to see you. Like Harry Chapin said, “The […]