My Dad's Journey: From The Beginning

As my Dad's journey nears the end, I thought it would be a good idea to put all the links to the posts I've written about him, in one place. A few people have mentioned they didn't know if they had read them all and the links on the side of the page can be a pain to work through.

So here in chronological order is My Dad's Journey:

On Yahoo Voices:

"Watching the Light Fade: The Heartbreak of the Inevitable"

On Kat's Theory of Life:

"It Was Dad's Birthday, But I Got The Present"
"Waking The Dead Or Just Napping Like One"
"Life: As The Days Grow Shorter"
"Enjoying The Evening Light With My Dad"
"My Dad's Journey: A New Home"
"My Dad's Journey: A Long Week Later"
"It's A Small World After All"
"Dad's Journey: Another Day, Another Issue"
"My Dad's Journey: Six Weeks In"
"Happy Father's Day: I Hope"
"My Dad's Journey: A Room With A Different View"
"My Dad's Journey: Three Months Later"
"My Dad's Journey: Making Arrangements"

Looking back, I didn't realize how many posts I've done about my Dad. No wonder everyone is telling me how depressed they are. Sorry. Writing about this has helped me immeasurably. It also lessens the need for me to talk about it with everyone. Writing is hard, talking is worse.

Most likely there will only be one more post to finish up this series. I'm guessing it won't be too much longer. For now, I thank you all for the love and support, for the many comments and for standing beside me while I walk this path none of us wants to take.

Kath

Opening Day in Da Bronx

Ah yes. Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.

Well, I'm not actually in the stands. Right now I'm about 90 or so miles away, comfortably watching it from the sunroom of the weekend house. Nice.

Got up here last night, so waking up on the mountain was a great way to start the day. It started out colder than the middle of January, but soon enough the sun brought out the warmth of the day.

I was able to get a walk in before the start of the game. There's a different feeling in doing something fun on a weekday, that makes it even more enjoyable than on the weekend. As I reached the top of the first hill around the lake, the music shuffle played "Girl Can't Help It" by Journey.  The kiss of the sun on my face while listening to the voice of Steve Perry was delicious, to say the least.

Back in time to see just retired Yankee catcher Jorge Posada throw out the first pitch, I grabbed some pistachios and an early afternoon beer (hey it's a baseball game). Fourth inning now, we are up 4-0.

Just a lazy day..but so far, so good.
And it's technically not even the weekend yet.

Can it get any better?
Well there is a Mega Millions drawing tonight...

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