My Own Thoughts

I looked at tickets to England. Economy = $868. First class = $3, 240 or $4, 860. (Depending on how soon you go.) So could I just buy two economy tickets, sit next to myself, and have the seat available for cheaper? I still wouldn’t have the leg room. I guess that’s why. They actually [...]

My mustard is a Macbeth-Evans Petalware Cobalt Blue Mustard Dish. Apparently the bubble/beehive vases are Hazel Atlas Art Deco pieces.

Really, how can my friends who live in an apt in Dallas, who are both divorced and not getting the money they were supposed to from their respective ex-spouses, who apparently sit around all day and golf and drink, buy a half million dollar house? I would really like to know their secret.

My mother died on Monday the 19th of July. She had not moved at all since at least Saturday (17), when she squeezed my cousin’s hand. On Wednesday, the 14th, she kissed my dad back. He had been kissing her on the cheek and forehead as he anxiously paced the whole house. That time he [...]

These are some stories I posted on fb as we were letting Mom go. I was born because the doctor thought 15 year old women couldn’t get pregnant. When my mother came back on her 16th birthday, she was three months along. The doctor was stunned. Mom visited an OB/GYN in Lubbock, but decided not [...]

This hospice site says that dying has two phases. Preactive usually is up to two weeks. Active is 3 days. Preactive symptoms Mom has had: increased periods of sleep, lethargy (5 weeks) decreased intake of food and liquids (3 weeks) inability to heal or recover from wounds or infections (2 weeks) increased swelling (edema) of [...]

Saturday, July 17- Mom didn’t open her eyes at all yesterday. Family coming in today (Janet and kids). The boys came in. They are going to see Mom after lunch with R and I. We’re driving there from The Woodlands. Janet, Shonda, the girls, and Baolo came in today to see Mom. She didn’t even [...]

Political Calculations has a blog post on whether businesses prefer Texas or California. Texas wins. Go see why. And by how much.

This article is about a man trying to find the proper health care for his wife. She had a permanent pain disease. It tells of their frustrations with the healthcare system as it exists and what they think is good.

Today at 6 p.m. my mother struggled to tell me, “I love you.” She succeeded. She also said Hello to my niece and hello to my brother and sister and brother-in-law. She is so much better this afternoon then she has been. She ate and chewed and swallowed. She’s dying. She’s not going to be [...]