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The Meeting Point…
Crazy Kids I picked Linzie up from where she was working with her mother at the Prom Center in St. Paul and away we went -1970… We had made up our mind’s earlier in the day after we found out we’d be...
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Working In Heaven
March 11, 2014 My father died on my birthday, however; that didn’t make it more sad than if he’d passed on a different day. Dad knew my memory suffered, but now his going home will be indelibly...
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The End of an Era…..
Romolo’s Restaurant Dad, at eighty-one years of age in 2011 purchased an ailing, Romolo’s Restaurant. He and he alone (with family and when I say that I am including Tim Cook) – refurbished the place...
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Such Are the Days of Our Lives
Such Are the Days of Our Lives The next day we went over to see Nikki’s grandparents. Though Nikki was really worried about seeing them again because (as she confided in me) “Mom told us over and over...
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Days Past and Days New
Me in the red shirt, age 13, Dad bending down to fit in picture aunt Peggy on Dad’s right aunt Linda to his left with brother Dave in front. – 1968 –Ava on his left with uncle Tom kneeling in front....
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Sunday Evening Shadows…
Sunday we had a Rigatoni dinner with delicious sauce I had simmering for a couple of hours. The entire apartment was in an Italian state-of-mind as the aroma of onions, tomatoes, peppers and mushrooms...
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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Stephanie was telling me this morning that, “It just doesn’t feel like Christmas.” “How come,” I replied but I had already been feeling blue for a many days now. “Haven’t you noticed Dad? There’s no...
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Church Family
My Sister Warned Me “Steph – Steph,” I sobbed… I tenderly brushed her hair with my hand. What happened… I need to calm down and think. We were just giving each other a hug when she began backing up,...
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Still Dancing…2016
My father died on March 11, 2014. March 11 also happens to be my birthday and as I consider birthdays past Dad’s smiling face is always there – always. He could magically envision a dilapidated house...
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Happy Birthday, Dad!
Dad died on my birthday in 2014. Was there any significance in that? Was it a warning of some sort? A weird coincidence? Those thoughts have been among the many as I wish Dad a happy birthday, in...
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