Scattered Thoughts . . .

S heila and I just arrived home from my father's funeral late last night.  I've been thinking about what I would write about his passing for quite some time.  For now, however, this blog entry isn't specifically nor solely about my father.  This particular blog entry is more about the social aspects of his funeral this past weekend.  I do plan to write a blog entry specifically about my father but this blog entry is strictly about the social aspects of the funeral weekend.   Sheila and I drove down to Long Island the previous weekend to see my dad one last time.  My brother had called to inform me that our dad wasn't doing well and his time left was now very short so Sheila and I immediately started packing and drove down there the following day.   That drive to Long Island was worthy of its own amusing blog entry but I'll keep it very short here.  -We had car problems and the traffic was horrendous.-   Our drive which should normal...

S ometime in the near future, I plan to write a blog entry more specifically about Sue, Sheila's mom, than I am writing here in this blog entry but, in the meantime, here are some photos of everyone who was with us after Sue's funeral at Will and Sue's home.  Actually, this blog entry is not about any stories of Sue at all but really about the family celebrating her life after the funeral was behind us. These photos inserted here in the blog are small and highly compressed so they are not suitable for printing or even for sharing online.  Additionally, these photos here in this blog also have a shadow border on them which makes them even less suitable for sharing or printing.  That shadow border is designed to fit my blog and, honestly, looks quite goofy when used anywhere else so, if anyone wants a full size copy of any of these photos, just let Sheila know and we'll email you a more suitable copy.   Sheila, Will and I went to the funeral home one morning befo...