No “Out There”

I feel very sad tonight.  I’ve returned home from the 10th Annual Thanksgiving Weekend with my niece.  I have been told by friends who have children that this day was coming.  I thought I was prepared.  I noticed it last year and this year it was confirmed!!!
I’m Auntie.  No longer friend and playmate.  Just Auntie.
We [...]

Today, September 11, 2008,
my parents,
Elma and McFarland Bragg, Sr.
celebrate 60 Years of Marriage
My mother sighed the other day saying, “September used to be such a nice month.  Now it’s not anymore.”
I know her sigh was about MORE than the 9/11 national tragedy that this day has come to commemorate.
  It’s also about [...]

November 11, 2007 – my mother’s 80 birthday. She received her birthday cards, including the one from the President, which she had received last week!!! She didn’t even mention that last week. I guess she wasn’t impressed.
When we spoke late last night, She also told me they’d received the Anniversary card from the President back [...]