I told my friend Barbara that I was open to taking a dance class through The Villages’ Enrichment Academy. I’d taken several classes over the years: magic, various computer classes, several writing classes, cardio drumming, and, yes, dance. Ruth and I took a few dance classes: cha cha cha, country line, and country partner dance. …
Author: Robert
Moving Forward
I’ve written a lot about losing Ruth and the grief her passing caused. There’s no way to measure it and there was certainly no way to prepare for it. She was here one moment and gone the next. My dad’s health failed over a number of years, and he was in hospital rooms and care …
I Still Believe It’s the Do.
I get flashbacks through social media almost every day. Many are blog posts from prior years. If there’s a method to the madness it must be the calendar. I wrote the following three years ago. I posted the blue story the night that Ruth died. I had already written it and followed through with the …
The Last Bite
I posted a blog called Three Toasts in April of 2020. It was about the three toasts that I offered when each of my three children were married: David in August of 2004, Mike in October of 2009 and Elizabeth in April of 2010. I’m a crier and I cried through each toast. When I …
A Brief Update
I met with my dermatologist last Monday. It was a follow up appointment to one I had in January. I wrote most of this blog after that first visit. This is simply an update. When I met with the dermatologist I was scheduled for a full body inspection, so I made sure I wore my …
The Biggest Ask
I’m making my debut as a Singles New Beginnings facilitator on Wednesday. One of our current facilitators, Daryl, is going to be absent so I’m going to take a shot. Barbara, the founder of the group, asked if I wanted to give it a go even though she’d be in the room. She’ll facilitate the …
Larry
When I was a kid, I remember having three pets over a series of approximately six years. About the time I was six – twelve we had two dogs and a parakeet. One of my aunts gave us Spot and a few years later I brought home Beauty from the neighbor down the street. I …
Holly
I met Holly at Clara Barton Junior High. We didn’t hang out together. I thought she was too pretty for me. That thought continued throughout high school during our four years at George A. Dondero. In addition to being beautiful, she was cool. I didn’t find my own cool until halfway through my sophomore year …
Plastics
I went to the movies to see The Graduate when it first came out in 1967. I think the draw was the name and what I knew of the premise. It was about a guy who had recently graduated from college and the beginning of his new life. I, too, was in college thinking about …
The Last Time
I read this online a couple of days ago. The person I was before you took your last breath and the person I am now are two very different people. I died with you that day only I kept breathing and you didn’t. I think the point is you can’t go back to where and …