When leaving Wal-Mart the other day, I was behind an older couple who were moving a little slower than other customers. I patiently followed the couple out of the store and down the same parking isle. They stopped about two cars before mine. As I followed them out of the parking lot, I noticed the license plate for a Korean War Veteran, US Army. I wished I had noticed it before. I would have said hello to him and convey that Dad had been in Korea, too. I would have thanked the gentleman for his service, and hoped that we could have shared a moment…
Category: Family
Daddy’s Birthday
Original writing: May 6, 2018 Sunday 7:04 a.m. Today would have been Daddy’s 85th birthday. Today is also the fifth anniversary of Granny’s (as known to my children) death in 2013. My step-mom passed away (died is such a jolting word to me) May 6, 2013. A few short days later my youngest daughter graduated high school. A little over two years later, on September 12, 2015, my dad passed away. From where I sit writing this morning, I can see the lilac bush from my Dad’s place that my husband transplanted for me. I can see it out the window of my sun room.…