It occurs to me that there are some characters in these pages I know better than others. Zosh, Jake, and Ernie are the mainstays that I’ve read plenty about and heard plenty of stories about in “modern times.” Well, Nat was also an important third to the Zosh and Emily, (that’s Babu!), show. It’s a…
Tag: aging
Day Two: Writing
It says: 100 years March 11 1918 She must have forgotten how old she was.
X: Things I do not do
The things I do not do: (Cross them out with an X!) I do not leave things on the floor. I try not to remind her that she has moved past the years when she can pick up things from the floor herself. How demoralizing that must feel. I do not let her in on…
Apricots, (teenage) Angst, and Age
“Oh Ahhpricot!” “Oh A pricot!” Babu told me a story of a boy who worked at the corner store and how he would run over to the store to work everyday when school children were on their lunch break. He would pick on her for how she said A pricot. Or Ahpricot. I’m not sure…
Ch-ch-ch- Changes
As I’m progressing through transcribing the fourth year, I’ve observed some things that have changed in the last almost four years. “Drobey” has become “Drobe” and she never calls him “Caveman” anymore. In fact, she talks less and less about him. She seems clear now on how she feels about him. She is not…
Sunday Share Alpha
This week’s Sunday Share comes from Alpha. Check out this post and please check out the blog! I think I chose this for this week because I connected a little bit to it on a personal level. There has been a lot of talk about how old I am lately…
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