I'm smiling because Jose reminds me of the adorable enthusiastic little two-year-old boy I cared for years ago. He was quite a precocious negotiator for what he wished for, wanted and needed to do. "Fair is fair," he used to say, so seriously and joyfully at the same time. He made my heart dance every day.
For heaven's sake, dear tiny T, at 106 lbs., where did they think your body was going to have room internally for three bottles of lemon-lime anything? It would be sloshing out of your ears!
Surrounding you with Positivity!
One of my heart's pleasures, when I think of you and wish you well, Jeri, as I do often, is imagining the flowers in the full bloom of springtime around you. Despite staying safe at home and missing your family and friends, I hope seeing the blooming flowers brightens every day.
When do you start seeing trout in your river? Where does the trout hatch?
Reading this was such a treat. Makes me want to stream "Guys and Dolls." I have loved Chicago since my oldest brother headed to college there when I was 9 years old. The city has such a history, and I love the way your remembrances bring alive all the rhythms and vibrancy of your Chicago era. Thanks, T.
Happy Birthday Blessings, dear Fredo!!
Dear T, my heart and I wish you patience and fortitude as your injected medication increases its effectiveness. Hope so much you get the anemia treatment you need. May each day be easier....
Sending you encouraging good wishes, dear T. All of my medical/dental appts, prospective elective surgery, you name it, are all in limbo, waiting I suppose for a vaccine, which will be a long wait.
I also encourage to you invest in a wheeled cart for groceries. I have two and will be getting a third one. Makes grocery transfers a breeze.
So encouraged for you, dear T. Take very best care!
During my COVID-19 stay-at-home days, I have been drawn to streaming adventures with movies, plays, comedies, documentaries, and old favorites like Charles Laughton's "Witness for the Prosecution" and PBS recent Masterpiece Theatre's productions. "Howards End" is a special favorite, set in the early 1900s when my Mom and Dad were young children. I know that time from my Mom's shared memories, and I feel like we are sitting together once again in mutual nostalgia.
During these pandemic days of sheltering in place and staying home in my condo, I have had three health care appointments via Doctor Zoom, and I liked them very much. My state, Ohio, is in a very strong lock down until May 1, when, depending on our COVID-19 numbers, things may open up a tad. We shall see. Whatever the state decides, I won't be budging much until there is a vaccine and I have had it.
I send my sympathies to you and Ted. I have a well full of empathy and understanding to share with you.
My late ex-husband Jim's sibling family (once 9, now 7) are very close and so connected, just as I am close to my two dear older brothers. Jim's family is still very close to me, too, and it is a blessing. I do lapse into sadness at times for all Jim missed in this life due to his chronic, severe alcoholism. He did finally get into long term residential treatment in his late 50s, generously paid for by his four other brothers, all in AA for decades. Jim was sober for eight months for the first time since he was 14. Then in a depression after the place where he had a part-time job downsized and let him go, he left his transitional sober-living halfway house and had a severe relapse, which killed him. He was only 58. So tragic.
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