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Monday, September 12, 2005

HERE & NOW

THOUGHTS SWIMMING LOUDLY INSIDE MY HEAD... AMIDST THE CHAOS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF MY SPACE. I AM ALONE, YET NOT LONELY. ALONE FOR A FEW LITTLE WHILES YET. THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS ARE ON THE PORCH OR IN THE TRAILER. BOBBIE AND HIS DAUGHTER KERRY ARE OUT TO A FIRST-AID COURSE. THE TV IS ON... JUST FOR NOISE, I THINK. THE PUPPIES ARE QUIET. ALONENESS FEELS GOOD RIGHT NOW. MY HEART AND SOUL CRY OUT FOR SPACE... MY SPACE... MY TIME.

TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY. WENT WALKING WITH A FRIEND AND HER DAUGHTER... THEN HAD SOME HOMEMADE SOUP FOR LUNCH. REALLY ENJOYED THE COMPANIONSHIP OF ALICE AND HER DAUGHTRE MELONY. WE WALKED FOR ABOUT 3 MILES. I BIKED OVER THERE, ABOUT 3 MILES, AS WELL. IT IS A NICE COOLISH DAY MAYBE ABOUT 20 DEGREES CELSIUS. A LIGHT BREEZE, AND SOME CLOUDS IN THE SKY.

TOMORROW IS THE BEARMAN'S BIRTHDAY. HE WOULD BE 71 YRS OLD. THE MEMORIES WILL STAY. ALL THE GOOD TIMES, YES, EVEN THE BAD AND PAINFUL ONES. BUT I MISS HIM. I MISS HIS VOICE. I MISS HIS VERBAL HUGS. I MISS RIDING WITH HIM. I REALLY MISS HIM.

LIFE IS FOR THE LIVING... SO LIFE GOES ON....and so it goes


the Bearlady