Friendship

My friend, Bob, died a year and a half ago, February 26, 2013.  I miss him.  I found a note on my desk tonight.  Something I wrote on the anniversary of his death.  I want to capture it here and get that scrap of paper off my desk.  I am trying to clean things up.  It is not working.  Oh well, baby steps.  Here it is:

It has been a year now.  As if each 365 day block creates a milestone of loneliness.  As if each man made entity serves as some sort of remembrance.  But the truth is, each little day, each little moment, minute, hour, I have missed you.  You were my friend.  I enjoyed every conversation, every thought, every plan, every joke.  You were my friend.  That word carries with it its own meaning.  I had known you for 34 years.  Outside of family you were the longest relationship of my life.  I am glad we stayed in touch.  I wish we could have talked more.  Thank you for being a friend.

So, there you have it. Just a few thoughts.  A short remembrance.  This is for you Bob.

May you rest in peace.
D.

Friday Night Dinner with My Dad.

Since my mom died, gosh, almost three years ago, my sisters and I take turns fixing Dad dinner.  Tonight was my turn.  

The television news was on when we got to my Dad’s house for Friday night dinner.  Same news, bad news, old news, new news.  One story caught my attention.  One of our local school districts has discovered that the new school session has some students left without books.  The news story contained the information that you would expect.  One health class did not have enough books.  Some parents were upset.  How could the board not plan for that?  Really!  Further on the reporter announced that only 90% of the students had IPads. 

 

My dad responded.  Words to the affect that… “when I was in school I was happy just to have a tablet.” 

My dad further explained that it was during the depression, 1936.  And the tablet was a wood framed little piece of blackboard.  His writing utensil would have been a piece of chalk. 

The more things change, the more they stay the same.  School supplies were in short supply then as now.  And the new student really just wanted a tablet. 

D.