Tag Archives: family
A Fathers Day Remembrance
A few days before his 60th birthday, my father passed away after a short illness. The year was 1970 and I was five hours away by car and didn’t make it in time to say goodbye. Not that there was … Continue reading
When Mom Met The Hard-of-Hearing Dwarf, The Love of My Life
My Mom was one of those “unconditional love” types of mothers. Anything I did; anywhere I went; each and everything in my life was met with approval from the woman who birthed and raised me. In 1986, I was planning … Continue reading
February 23rd – A Remembrance
“We do not remember days, we remember moments” “Hi Sis, I’m getting married and I want the ceremony to be in Albany.” My sister Carole asked “What do you a need, a priest, minister or rabbi, and how soon?”. “A … Continue reading
“Oh My God, Would You Look At Those Eyes!”
A woman I had never met before, standing near me, yelled those titled words after I answered her question by replying I had not worked on the jigsaw puzzle that was on top of a small table I sat near. … Continue reading
Grief Is The Price We Pay For Love
“I do not want to just lye around waiting to die. Please figure out a way to get me back to Lenox”. This was my bride’s expressed wish on an August day after hearing the news that the cancer was … Continue reading
And These Few Precious Days I’ll Spend With You
“But the days grow short when you reach September When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame One hasn’t got time for the waiting game Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few September, November And these few … Continue reading
“Aim high, time flies”
The title’s wisdom came from my bride’s fortune cookie tonight after consuming take-out Chinese. It is also exactly the hidden sentiment Peg has displayed these last two weeks since being discharged from the hospital. After coming home, her nausea and … Continue reading
The Trouble Is You Think You Have Time…
On August 18, 2014, last Monday, our Oncologist came to Peg’s hospital room at Cleveland Clinic and told us the final bad news of a five month period which had very little else. Her cancer had now spread to her … Continue reading
Whack-a-Mole Cancer
That’s how a doctor recently described Peg’s cancer. Pops up here, take action; pops up again over there; wait to take action, pops up again in a new location, delay action. But this is no game even though I would … Continue reading
2013…It Was A Very Good Year
The highlight of this past year, and I hope the highlight of each future year is something that did not happen. My wife’s cancer did not return. Twelve months ago Peg underwent her last radiation treatment, finalizing an eighteen month … Continue reading
Moving On... 