In February, on the 25th- yes, I know it’s still 2 months+ away- it will one year since Burt’s passing. It feels like it’s been so much longer. Not just because he had been going [or gone] for the better part of five years before that. The not-quite a year has moved slowly, dragging inContinue reading “The celebration”
Category Archives: Connecting
Taxi, taxi
Burt’s dad drove a taxi. I found this cab keychain at an outing at the Museum of the City of New York. I made it a habit of bringing some item home to Burt from my time out of the house. Food was always a hit, tchotchkes (even when they linked to his history) lessContinue reading “Taxi, taxi”
What I did on Burt’s birthday this year
Maybe
At 4am the other night Burt said «my wife was here but she ran away.« I said I love you. Today I am wondering as he says where’d she go (meaning me, I think) if he misses me the way I miss him. I tell him I love him often. Often he gives me aContinue reading “Maybe”
Art for art’s sake
Squid Pro Quo is part of my respite care. I participate in a program that uses art as a tool for connection. The respite for me has added value because the other artists are not caregivers. It’s more a general population (albeit all of us older adults) group. It has been very soul-satisfying to me.
this is our life 