22 February 2017
Late morning. You are waiting for the
clothes dryer to stop so you can head to Kim and Paul's. - Amorella
1147 hours. I don't have anything on my mind. Amazing. Nothing.
Your Aunt Patsy is slipping away according
to Cathy and the family doesn't think she'll last the week. - Amorella
1149 hours. That's right Cathy sent a note last night and talked to
Carol at some length about ten-thirty. Nothing can be done but waiting. She is
under hospice care and has been for a month or so. We did not know this. Nor
did Cathy.
Carol and Kim just went into Heritage
Elementary School to pick up Owen. His school is about three hundred yards from
where you did your student teaching in the Spring of 1966 at Olentangy High
School in the . . .. You asked Owen to name his favorite classes in order. Owen
replied without hesitation, "Gym, lunch, art, math, music, and reading
are my favorites."
This is as far as you got on the twenty-second.
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Today is the afternoon of twenty-sixth and it is the first time you have
been on the computer since. Post. When convenient. - Amorella
26 February 2017
Carol is beginning the sixty-third chapter
(p. 478) of Memory Man. You are at the far north lot of Pine Hill Lakes
Park facing west and the woods covered hill. Some vegetation is beginning to
bloom. Carol is on two different meds for her sinus problems and you are on two
different meds for bacterial bronchitis and a flare up of arthritis. Dr. - wants you to call back Tuesday if it is not better. - Amorella
You and Carol were pleased to see Owen and Brennan get their awards at
Jujitsu. Brennan just started the program and Owen completed the first year.
Brennan earned his first strip for his belt and Owen earned a special belt as
he is going into a new program for older kids. His belt is white with a black
inner belt which means he completed all the requirements and in three months he
will have earned his yellow belt. Novices to this class normally begin with a
new white belt, so he's a head of the game. Owen took down his teacher at least
twice and you were surprised to see how fast and direct he was -- very focused.
Now only did he take her down but moved so he was on top and in control. When
you got home (Paul was in the OR) Paul got out his black belt to show Owen and
Brennan -- very impressive. Paul competed in Nationals in his day. Even today
you don't think Owen is going to be bullied by fellow classmates along the way.
Brennan had to get away from an adult stranger which he did several times. He
is not as assured as Owen but he got the job down. Again, he was fast with jabs
and kicks as well as sounds for help if help were really needed. - Amorella
1508
hours. The next day (Thursday) I got sick quickly and once home I grew sicker
and called to see the doctor. It was disorienting to read so I did not. I got
in first thing Friday morning and was diagnosed. I stayed off the computer and
did not read any magazines or newspapers. When I got home (Friday AM) Cathy
called and said Aunt Patsy had died during the night. A blessing if there ever
was one -- the poor woman had lingered for at least six months by my reckoning.
Carol grew better yesterday while I grew worse -- chills, sore muscles and
joints, very sore lungs, but this afternoon I'm feeling a bit better. Hopefully
the worst is over. It was strange not reading and writing. One day, I figure,
when the time comes, I'll just stop, cold turkey -- never to read or write
again. The words will just disappear after they stop making sense. Might be
rather peaceful.
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