The Beginning and the End

Today is a strange day. It is my Father's birthday and he would be 95 yrs old if he had lived. My Dad was a good man who love nature and beauty. He loved to create things: in gardens, in ads, in his improvement of his community of Madison, CT. He was not the easiest man to know but when he did say something good , you remembered. He was very proud of my photography and I wish he could see some of the things that I have done lately.

I said this was a strange day and it is because it was on this day that my Mother died 4 yrs ago. I believe she meant to die on Dad's birthday because she wanted him to remember her. I don't truely understand why these two people

ever got married. They were not really suited for each other but they had 3 great kids so they

must have done something right. The last ten days of my Mother's life are still clear to me. When she found that she could not enjoy reading anymore, she just let go.

I hope these two people are at peace. I would like to think so. I would like to think that I will see them again. I wonder if they will recognize me.........there have been a lot of changes.