Memories can be found in the strangest of places!

I finally got around to cleaning out the trunk of the car. I'm not done yet because of the sheer volume of stuff back there but I got a nice chunk done. My first instinct was to just close my eyes and start to toss stuff away but soon realized that there were important papers and such back there including some of my old writings. Its amazing to me when I read some of the things I have written in the past. Some surprises me because i actually like what I am reading and some make me take a step back and wonder what the hell I was thinking. Then I came across one that made my eyes swell up and place a large lump in my throat. I came across a short poem I wrote when my cousin Joey died in a motorcycle accident which I later revised so I could read it at my grandmothers funeral. I was not ready for the flood of emotion that came over me in that split second. I promptly placed it into the "save" pile and moved on. I found old cards given to me... some of them from people no longer with me... and just about every letter Sherry ever wrote to me. I also found this one very short story I wrote a long time ago thats only about a paragraph long but it is very powerful considering the situation we are going through with my dad. I am finding it hard to put away. Maybe I will post it at some point. Its funny how people always say that memories are precious and we should hold them close at all times. Who would have thought that not only were mine always close to me in my heart, but also less that 4 feet away every time I got into my car. Something about that amazes me.

I'm sad to say that yesterday was a bad day again. Dad was doing good all day but started to feel ill around 10:00 last night. Mom was also not feeling well and between the 2 of them, I was up until around 3 A.M. Dad threw up again last night far more than once and mom spent the evening in the ladies room. I'm sorry for the graphic descriptions but it is what it is. Between worrying about the 2 of them, I'm a bit spent. Today was actually a good one and now its almost 1 A.M and all seems quiet. Thank God for small favors.

Well another Saturday has come and gone. It was a quiet one for me. The weather today was right up my alley... cool and clear. It felt like a September day and it made me happy. I hope everyone's weekend is going well. Mines going OK. It could be better but it could be a hell of allot worse.