It’s been 5 years since I contributed to this blog. Not that anyone follows it, especially since I stopped drawing anyone’s attention to it years ago. It’s not that there haven’t been lively and fun stories to write about. It’s just that I was too busy enjoying living them with Lee, the love and joy of my life. Then in March 2018 she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It had already metastasized to other areas. The prognosis was very grim and on January 26, 2019 it took her away. Life as it was, was no more, for us both.
And then in March of this year, 2020, a global pandemic was officially declared, locking down public spaces, medical professionals recommending social distancing and masks.
And in the midst of that, on May 31st, 2020 my mother died of natural causes, just shy of 2 weeks after her 97th birthday.
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