My nephew had his 4-month check and endured 6 shots. As a result he got a cool pair of sunglasses. As seen here, he is becoming quite the fashion plate thanks to his mom's good taste. Poor kid looks more and more like me every day though - round head, chubby cheeks, blue eyes and same mouth. Lucky for his mom, evidently he is natured like I was ( Read more... )

I left Marion yesterday early afternoon to make my way to Durham to stay with dan4behr and his lovely husband Brian for a couple of evenings before I fly to Texas on Saturday. They have been gracious to open their house and ply me with enough Jim Beam to take the edge off the past several days - a much needed diversion. Much as I have enjoyed their company ( Read more... )

Grandpa passed away Sunday at noon Eastern time and I am flying to NC on Tuesday for the funeral on Wednesday. I have been a bit overwhelmed by the response to my posting on Facebook concerning his passing, but am glad so many did get in touch with me. This has been especially hard as when my grandmothers both passed, I was living with someone, so ( Read more... )

Grandpa is still hanging in there. In fact he rallied a bit on Thursday, woke up and wanted something to eat and drink. His swallow reflex had come back so he drank two Pepsi colas and ate ice cream, applesauce, a scrambled egg and gravy. He was cognizant and talking to people, however he then later became agitated and had to be sedated as his ( Read more... )

Welcome to this world, Owen Mayer Smith...


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