today is august 22, which means that august 21 is now yesterday. which means we made it through. good for all of us. together and separately. we did it.
yesterday i cannot tell you how happy ketzl was with his birthday asparagus. another race to eat the pieces as they were being cut into the bowl. ya gotta love him!
gene upshaw, a great oakland raiders player and more recently player representative, died 3 days after diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. he had not been feeling well for a month or so. it is truly an insidious disease.
finally connected with david on the phone this morning. that was very important. he had left a message on the machine yesterday but it was not the same as actually talking. we are all getting excited. he and julia leave from london for germany on the 6th, as we do. today i retrieved the suits from their alterations.
on my left wrist i have worn for the last few days the rainbow bracelet that had graced linda's wrist for so many years. on my right wrist, i have the older one that Audrey, their mother and grandmother had as well, and the plumeria from last chanukah. in weight, they feel similar. balanced wrists.
tonight was Rock Shabbat at temple. there was a huge crowd. it was rabbi's first shabbat back and he and meeka had such a great time, as did everyone else, musicians, singers and congregants. it was nice to be there and see so many people enjoying themselves. fortunately i was able to borrow ariel's camera to take a few pictures, which i hope turn out.
things are almost set for the baseball game. people are coming and going, arriving later, eating or not, and i have water and peanuts. it's all good. christine has done a few pages of photos, remembrances of last year.
last night when i got back from dinner at siena with jackie (thank you so much for the company), nath was in the driveway. she had brought mango sorbet (wow) and a lovely small ring from her wyoming travels...two small butterflies inlaid with turquoise and jasper. very thoughtful and significant. i had not expected her to come over so it was a very nice surprise.
there is a small competition going: who can send more amazing photos of their tigers, trish or mimi? they pose so very nicely. new introductions to the larger family.
it is about community.
the connections with others helps us get through.
and we did. here is it almost (well, almost almost) august 23.
we made it through.
thank you.
olympics still in the background.
omg there is a new movie "Nights in Rodanthe," with Diane Lane and Richard Gere coming in a few weeks! a perfect combination. sweet romantic comedy (well i don't know that it is exactly a comedy.) linda would have loved to see it.
