Christmas wish

Someone I know asked what I was going to get for Christmas. My wife and daughters have asked me for my list. What I really want is to be able to do all the things that I have to do and all the things I want to do. This has not been any easy task and is getting harder as I get older. Life just doesn’t cooperate. I have also been thinking about the loved ones we have lost this year. I kind of dwell on my own feelings and...

Cleaning out and removing (and finding) memories

This past weekend, we cleaned out a little more of my Mom’s house. It’s amazing how much stuff one accumulates over a lifetime. We got together 8 more large trash bags full of clothes. That was one brother’s job. Another brother went through the years of paperwork (check stubs, income tax stuff, receipts) and shredded them. He did uncover or discover interesting items that we are saving. One of these was...

Guideline for death

You try to do what is right and follow whatever procedures you can find, but sometimes you run into obstacles. There is no “dummies for death” to help you along the way. So, what do you do? You try to be prepared for this. Luckily my Mom was very organized and was prepared. She wanted me to be co-owner of various things, including bank accounts. That helped a lot. You might also want to consider being a co-owner...

Goodbye Mom

My Mom passed away on Thursday or Friday, we’re not sure. We knew that when we got no answer late Thursday that something was wrong. So when we went to see her on Friday morning, we found her dead on the living room floor. It’s never pleasant to see anyone die or dead, but it is worse when it’s your Mom or Dad. You feel they are so invincible but yet time marches on. And we truly don’t live forever....

Why?

Why do bad things happen to good people? Our nephew Dave was killed in a car accident last Thursday night. I’ll really miss him. He seemed to have found his niche in life as a Border Patrol agent. When we saw him last, it was over the holidays. He seemed really happy and really liked what he was doing. But maybe, he didn’t come home for the holidays, now that I think about it. My mind is all confused. Life seems...