I’m away from home tonight. I came back to Longview for a funeral. The funeral is for a 90 year old man. He and my Daddy worked together for years. He is survived by his wife of 65 years. She was my Mother’s best friend.
Sure makes me miss my parents. I didn’t have mine for nearly that long. I don’t miss them everyday but there is something about being in this town.
On a happier note, I got to visit with my brother and my nephew and that is always a pleasure. My brother is still enjoying his year of severance. I worry so much about him finding a job, but he seems unbothered. I hope he has an ace up his sleeve!
I am enjoying an October of good health. I had major surgery October of 2024 and October of 2023. Still doing PT for my back and so thankful for good insurance.
We volunteered at a food pantry yesterday. It made me really sad. We worked assembly line putting together boxes of food for families while they waited. HEB (The most generous and best grocery store in Texas) donated a lot of the food. All of their day old bread and pastry and a lot of frozen food that was close to expiration. The boxes were really kind of sad. I dug through a box of store baked bread as tall as I am. Trying my best to find whole loafs of bread as opposed to bagels or garlic bread..
The folks that run the food pantry encouraged us to take food if we knew someone in need. That’s when I realized what a privileged life I have. I don’t know anyone that is in need. That made me feel a certain sort of way. Suffice to say, my eyes were opened a bit more.
I am still shocked on the daily how crazy things are. As I write this our government is shut down. In my lifetime we have never had a more hateful president. Never a president that threatens everyone that doesn’t bow to his will. He doesn’t even pretend to get along. At least my parents didn’t live to see all this mess.
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