Nightly Gathering

Open Thread Post 41

Rainy day but spent a couple hours with a friend walking our dogs together. It wasn't supposed to rain; like 10% chance, yet we definitely were rained on. I guess neither of us cared too much. We just flipped our hoods on and made the best of it.

I don't have much to write about today, but I've really been gearing up for tomorrow's longer post. It's taken a bit of research this week.

How about anybody that wants to, type out a favorite memory of the person you are mourning or somebody you have mourned. I want to bring smiles and endorphins into each other's lives instead of tears.

Of course I have many great memories of Mo, but a cute one from childhood was her chasing Arne, our 17 year old German exchange student around the house, with this grey muskrat stuffed animal. He had a rat phobia and he was still grossed out by even the toy. She chased him with glee! (She was 4 years old) He and she would play Barbies many days. (She named her favorite one Jenny) and he would play with a GI Joe with her.

I would have loved to see her become a mom, but even if she had not passed away, there was no guarantee because she usually said she didn't want kids.