While Babu is in Chicopee wrestling with loss, Jake is in Alabama having no idea that he, too, has lost a friend. The letters Babu gets from him are a jarring juxtaposition to what she is facing at home. Was it a welcome distraction? May 21, 1941, Jakey wrote me another letter today and he…
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Happy Birthday, Babu!
I want you to know that your grandchildren are thinking of you heavily today. We miss you. I would tell you “Sto Lat” but you already made it. Thank you for sending Adam that song on his way to visit the cemetery today. A good reminder that we will: “See ya later alligator.” We all…
New Year’s Reflection
Do you know the feeling when you are lost but you are just now getting the feeling like the area around you is beginning to look right and you think you know how to get unlost? I have been having this feeling this holiday while reading these powerful passages from Babu. It is such a…
Uncomfortable, Part Two
It’s awkward enough reading and writing about Babu’s desires for Jakey and how she fights to resist temptation: Saturday, April 20th, 1940 Peaches and I went for a ride. It didn’t last long cause we drove into our stall and almost drove ourselves to destruction. But some things are even more awkward than that. As…
A Day in the Life, 2018, and a Month in 1940: Part Two
Babu rises and shines again right around 8:30. Ok, now we are back on track. As she takes about 25 minutes in the bathroom I get breakfast started. I should set my alarm in the morning a lot later because at this point I can do this in my sleep. When the door to the…
April A-Z: November, 1939: Doubts
Here is an extra post for April A-Z for D. I leave this here as a record of where Babu and “Peaches” or “Cookie” or whatever sweet thing she is calling Jake, are in this moment. Yes, here is the typical Babu, doubting: Monday, November 13th, 1939 My honey took me to work this morn…
Just Tonight
At the end of this long week I got home and was tired. I could have called it bedtime, except for dinner being in a half an hour. By “dinner” I mean making Babu her dinner, and then all the steps to take care of her until she goes to bed around 11. Husband is…
The Mystery of the Hidden Teeth
Two days ago I get up to get Babu’s breakfast ready and I notice something is off. Her teeth are not in her overnight container. This could be bad. One of two things happens when the teeth are not where they are supposed to be: 1. She slept with them in. This is rare because…
Just the Right Amount of Sweet Part Two
September was so sweet, it needed a two part series. Since I alluded to this in yesterday’s post, I will say, that I’m glad there is a little drama to spice up all this sweetness! Yesterday we read about some trouble with how often Jakey and Babu spend time together: Monday, September 25th, 1939 Jakey…
Just the Right Amount of Sweet
I tend to be a bit cynical of love. Oh I believe in it. I guess I take it for granted considering that I truly found my one, my “Peaches,” long ago and thankfully he loves me back and we both decided we were keeping each other. Forever. So, now I have time to focus…
Not Until Marriage
There’s been some talk in these pages that I’ve left out. It’s talk like this: Thursday, September 7th, 1939 Jakey was certainly in a love-ly mood. Couldn’t get enough. Only for a while he put the lights out and I asked for them back. Now, I am not here to dish on the juicy details…
August, 1939: Don’t Judge a Month Before It’s Over
When I began reading August, 1939, I panicked a little. Babu was down on Jakey and I worried that this blooming relationship wouldn’t really be the fairytale I always heard it to be. Maybe, in fact, I never heard it that way, but added my own spin on it. I reflected a lot about the…
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