2006/10/29
Halloween, Hard Crying, Ruby Begonia's
Good morning all. I hope you all put your clocks back one hour last night. I think I got them all - at least the important ones.
The approach of Halloween this year is leaving me flat. I am going to my Hip Hop dance class that night and I think I will leave early so as to miss the trick-or-treaters. For some reason I can't get excited about it. Dennis used to tell the older kids they had to tell a joke or sing a song to get a treat. They would be thunderstruck that someone would make them work for their candy! A few of them actually would sing. Most wouldn't. But, he always relented and gave them a treat anyway. And I always had to buy twice as much candy as I thought I needed, because he ate as many mini chocolate bars as he gave out. I'm remembering some of the costumes Margot wore. Bunny rabbit, clown, old woman. When she was little I made most of her costumes. We would take turns going around the neighbourhood with her.
I have been finding the grieving quite hard lately, as has Mother. I think it is because we are getting closer to the time when we found out he was sick and closer to the anniversary of his death. I think her own birthday, Nov. 20 will be particularly hard for her. We had just got home from a birthday dinner in honour of her birthday when he told us about the symptoms he was having. Her birthday will probably always be a sad occasion from here on. It's too bad she cancelled her trip to Oklahoma. It probably would have eased the sorrow to spend time with her other two sons.
Mother called me yesterday to tell me she had been doing some hard crying recently. So I am picking her up this afternoon and we are going to the conservatory and Ruby Begonia's for supper. I am going to see if Marlene and Jeanette will come out for her birthday dinner this year. It might help her to forget her grief for a little while.
Today's New York Times Crossword puzzle is harder than usual. There seem to be a number of squares that don't have numbers in them. Very confusing. I think I can check on some of the clues online. Still, doing the crossword puzzle isn't as enjoyable solo as it used to be as a duet - like many other things.
Take care and TATA......and PEACE
There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go. ~Author Unknown
Halloween, Hard Crying, Ruby Begonia's
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The approach of Halloween this year is leaving me flat. I am going to my Hip Hop dance class that night and I think I will leave early so as to miss the trick-or-treaters. For some reason I can't get excited about it. Dennis used to tell the older kids they had to tell a joke or sing a song to get a treat. They would be thunderstruck that someone would make them work for their candy! A few of them actually would sing. Most wouldn't. But, he always relented and gave them a treat anyway. And I always had to buy twice as much candy as I thought I needed, because he ate as many mini chocolate bars as he gave out. I'm remembering some of the costumes Margot wore. Bunny rabbit, clown, old woman. When she was little I made most of her costumes. We would take turns going around the neighbourhood with her.
I have been finding the grieving quite hard lately, as has Mother. I think it is because we are getting closer to the time when we found out he was sick and closer to the anniversary of his death. I think her own birthday, Nov. 20 will be particularly hard for her. We had just got home from a birthday dinner in honour of her birthday when he told us about the symptoms he was having. Her birthday will probably always be a sad occasion from here on. It's too bad she cancelled her trip to Oklahoma. It probably would have eased the sorrow to spend time with her other two sons.
Mother called me yesterday to tell me she had been doing some hard crying recently. So I am picking her up this afternoon and we are going to the conservatory and Ruby Begonia's for supper. I am going to see if Marlene and Jeanette will come out for her birthday dinner this year. It might help her to forget her grief for a little while.
Today's New York Times Crossword puzzle is harder than usual. There seem to be a number of squares that don't have numbers in them. Very confusing. I think I can check on some of the clues online. Still, doing the crossword puzzle isn't as enjoyable solo as it used to be as a duet - like many other things.
Take care and TATA......and PEACE
There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go. ~Author Unknown
Halloween, Hard Crying, Ruby Begonia's
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