It's been a huge while. Rabbi Leslie Alexander, who Linda considered to be "her rabbi," was in Poland and Israel and had a lot of other exciting things going on in her life like graduations, getting off to camp, etc.
so finally we made it, to Peet's (after I misplaced my keys) on The Alameda. Pomegranate/blueberry Freddo. totally yummy. that was the bonus.
it was a wonderful time, catching up, hearing what she had to say about a lot of things. one in particular caught my fancy. Shelley and I CAN take Linda with us: a large as possible head shot photograph, that we can include in photographs on the trip. how about that??!! so i called Charlie to see if he can help while Christine is in Africa. we'll do our best. they have a fabulous printer. hope the ones i sent are not too grainy.
in return, i just emailed to her the short list of my grief booklist.
tomorrow morning is the day: Shelley arrives for her first visit to California! we are both so excited. we will go with Jackie to the Hospice of the Valley gathering at Hakone Gardens, and then hopefully out to dinner with Jeff and Razmik. good times
Another suggestion Leslie had was to suggest to Hospice that they might direct people to my blog, as a way to see how it is possible to write down one's journey. not a bad idea. i need to put a few copies of the May 18 program by my purse. i want to have some to give to the hospice people tomorrow. also three pictures of Linda.
and then there's Melton in the fall. Leslie is an inspired and inspiring teacher, so whichever session she is teaching, i'll be there!
"it is what it is." i have not yet done everything i wanted to around the house. oh well. ketzl fell asleep on the polarfleece blanket on the couch. i should really take advantage to get a start on my night's sleep.
