Hm, I guess it’s been a while. All my life I thought it would be a good thing to keep some kind of journal. A written evidence of me,so to speak. The problem is…it takes a lot of work. Oh, yeah. So it’s been almost five years since my last (and first) entry. Why now? Not sure. I guess I’m a little older and a little less healthy. Something to do with my mortality maybe? Yesterday was Father’s Day…and it was nice. I’ve never been very big (or good) on the Mother’s Day /Father’s Day thing, but yesterday seemed different. I spent some quality time with my daughter and her girls. Beautiful day, nice meal and lots of positive thoughts. They gave me a “memory box,” filled with little cards. On each card was written a simple memory from our history. It was wonderful. I felt myself swelling up often as I read through them. Her charge to me was to keep it going. When I think of something from our past, I’m to write it down on one of the little cards. I like that idea. The question is will I have the discipline to follow through. We’ll see. And I figured, while I was at it, may be I could get this blog thing going again. Later that evening my other daughter spent some time with me too. She had also contributed to the “memory box” We had a nice talk. So I’ll remember yesterday for some nice moments with my girls and my grandgirls. Oh…yes…and my first memory card in the box. A long ago summer night (probably 1990), when I brought a TV and VCR onto our pool deck and we watched “Always” as a family. …a maybe over-sentimental remake starring Richard Dreyfus, Holly Hunter and John Goodman. Atmosphere, popcorn, fun and lots of love. A perfect night and a great memory.
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