Mid-morning. Yesterday you drove to Kim and
Paul's rental home in Delaware; it took one hour and fifty minutes. You spoke
with their neighbor, Kevin, who was in the process of moving to a new house in
the same general area. He said the Cheshire Elementary School (Olentangy School
District) is wonderful and he wanted his kids to keep attending it. From
Cheshire you drove to Westerville via Africa Road and met Fritz for lunch at
Bob Evans. After an okay lunch and great conversation Fritz headed back to the
office and you stopped at Cathy and Tod's for more lively conversation. Then to
Aunt Patsy and Uncle Ernie's but they were not home which was disappointing.
Early by an hour and a half to Jimmy V's for supper you sat outside at the
corner of State and College, a very familiar area in the whole of your life.
Tom J. and his wife Cheyenne showed up with Jean L. and before everyone could
get seated Sandy J. showed, everyone sat then moved inside the 'party room'.
Eventually over thirty people showed with three recovering from cancer --
everyone had a wonderful time. Jean L. and Bill M. sat across from you and
Sandy. Tom J. on Sandy's left, then you and Carol M. and then Fritz M. Across
from them were Darrel A., Sherl, Sandy W. and her former husband Dick. - Amorella
0936 hours. Bev (S.) was there with her husband too, it was very
good to see her. I took Bev to either the Junior or Senior prom I can't
remember which. We had a good time. It is so good to see the many familiar
faces of the Westerville Class of 1960. Friends we all are. I have photos to
sort and send on to Jean to send out to the rest of the class not present. To
give Sandy a warm snuggling hug is to hug comfort heaven.
The only other person in your life that gets
and gives that sort of hug is Carol. That is the other truth of the statement;
and you don't understand how this can be. - Amorella
I don't understand how a lot of things in life can be, Amorella. I
do know this; hugs shared with lasting good friends have more to do with a mix
of joy and love and heart intimacy than anything else.
I'll accept this as a subjective 'truth'
coming from you. - Amorella
1003 hours. I sit here and nothing else comes to mind.
You sent your photos to Jean L. and your
favorite is the one Jean took of you and Sandy. - Amorella
What can I say? We go back to Minerva Park School in the fourth
grade. She lived on Wildwood and I lived on Minerva Lake Road. We rode the same
bus to Minerva Park Elementary, to Whittier Elementary, to Emerson Junior High
and to Westerville High School, Bus 8 and Johnny Beaver was our driver most of
those years. We talked, sang songs and mostly enjoyed ourselves going and
coming home from school. We left high school and did not see each other again
until our fiftieth class reunion. We have seen each other most every year
since. We were not out of each other's thoughts sometime during those years in
between. What else does one need for friendship?
Sandy and me
Post it, boy. - Amorella
This was a lazy and rainy Friday. You had a bowl of a new batch of
Alta' Arizona turkey soup and watched several DVRed television shows on and off
during the day and evening. Earlier you found that Doug's parents are buried in
Powell, Ohio near Lewis Center and you told him you would stop by and pay your
respects. This is because you have a great affection for Doug and his parents, his
family really, as they shared a part of their everyday lives with you as you
were growing up. - Amorella
2217 hours. They were kind to accept my many visits into their
home as a good friend of Doug's. I am still caught up in the meaning and depth
of 'friendships' in a person's development as a human being. A part of 'being
human' is the livelong development of deep 'heartansoulanmind' relationships. I
feel this must be genetically based and in some way it helps establish and keep
an internal connection with both the living and the dead. Marriage by a variety
of definitions is culturally acceptable, but solid personal friendships are
human. In the books I would like to think that without the development of
strong and bonded friendships the 'heartansoulanmind' would not survive
physical death.
You are not expressing yourself well here. I
understand your thought but not through your expressed vocabulary. Tomorrow, orndorff. - Amorella
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