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Continue reading →: Funeral Aftermath, Part 2On Sunday, October 2nd, we had a service at the funeral home, officiated by Pastor Wendy Cook, followed by a service at the cemetery. Both services were beautiful. As I recall the procession from the funeral home to the cemetery, especially the moment when we stopped at the firehouse for a “last call” of the siren,…
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Continue reading →: Funeral Aftermath, Part 1According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the definition of aftermath is “the period following an event, such as an accident or war, and the effects caused by the event.” And that is what it feels like for our family… the aftermath of losing dad to an accident. The Times-Union had an…
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Continue reading →: Please Pull OverAfter a lovely visit with my parents in NY, I headed south again, stopping for an overnight at a dear friend’s home in VA, then made my way towards my other home in North Carolina. I was looking forward to seeing the Blue Ridge mountains again, catching up with neighbors,…
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Continue reading →: My Last Visit with DadThis is my dad. I took this photo yesterday morning when I was visiting my parents. Dad drove me up to the stone yard in this cute little “gator” of his. First we drove up to the stone yard and around back, past several old piles of stone laying around here…






