Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day
Today is National Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day. What time would you travel to in your own life or in history? Hands down I'd travel back to June 15, 2016 and leave the beach five minutes later than we did that day. Or we could have taken a different route home. Had we done either of those things we would not have been at that exact stop light where the driver of the huge SUV behind us fell asleep at the wheel and smashed into us causing us to hit another SUV in front of us. That's the time I wish I could travel back to. But then I would not have this exact house, which we do love, and I would not have this exact dog. I would not have played a big role in saving over 6,500 dogs and raising money for the shelter and doing [...]
Never Forget
I post this same thing every December 7th because it really sums it up for me. I lived in Hawaii for about 25 years and Pearl Harbor was something that was part of the fabric of my life. I lived in Hawaii long enough to have met many Pearl Harbor survivors. It was such an honor to shake their hands, listen to their stories, give them hugs, and marvel at how young they were when they joined up and went through all they did. As a concierge in Hawaii, how to see Pearl Harbor was the number one question I answered. My guests came back with such gratitude more often than not. What I loved were the sullen teenagers who didn't want to be with their parents at all. They came back to the hotel, at least for a few hours, changed kids. I will never forget my first helicopter [...]
He Chose Me
Aren't dogs the best? A memory popped this morning on my personal Facebook feed from 2017. This would have been only six weeks after we adopted Coconut and I forgot all about this incident. I was rushing upstairs in my bedroom slippers and tripped up the steps. In my defense, that was the first and last year I actually had slippers. They seemed the thing you'd get when the frozen tundra weather arrives. Nope. They are way too hot to wear. I also don't wear socks for the same reason. That night I landed at an odd angle and let out a yell because my knee hurt. Coconut, who was in another room, came rushing to my rescue. I sat on the step and he sat next to me making little sounds. Then he put his head on my knee and started licking. He would not leave until I stood [...]
A Kind Man
Today is World Kindness Day and today is Grandpa's second heavenly birthday in heaven. Today is a big day because if he had not moved to heaven, we'd be celebrating his birthday with 100 candles. [...]
Better in the Sun
Last Sunday the weather was sunny and so Gary and Coconut and I took a short road trip to the northwest suburbs of Chicago to see my sister-in-law. I was once married to her brother. [...]
The Greatness of America
I posted a memory last week from 2016. This has been a brutal election season. This year I decided not to have discussions about politics. It was a horrible year for me on so many [...]