• Family,  Thoughtful thoughts

    My Mom My Memory & Me

    I was standing in the kitchen just spinning around and thinking of things. Actually, I wasn’t just spinning for the sake of feeling dizzy, I had come into the kitchen to do something and forgotten what it was. Quite suddenly, I caught myself feeling like my mom was in the room with me; feeling like she was here all these years after her passing. At first the feeling made me smile. I felt nostalgic sense of warmth at this presence and the loss of her being gone.   It was then I realized that what I was feeling Was my mom in me. It was that part of her in…

  • Train Time

    Train Time #16

    Today, it’s the 5:40 bound for Homewood. Life is what happens to you while you’re trying to figure out how to live it” Me… I thought this one up a long time ago, and it’s interesting how often I forget it’s importance. I’m 56… and I remember saying this at 36, and 26… And each time, I would look around to see other people who were older and think: “I’m Ok… I’m young and I have plenty of time…” But now, for the most part, I’m the older one that everyone else is looking at. However, I am still a believer that with faith, all things are possible. Believe it…