Happy Birthday, Mom!

I told you as I left the house that if you could make it to age 90, I would be there.   Well, I'm here and glad that you did not have to suffer for two more months.  The hardest thing for me is watching HGTV or seeing some sweet thing, or having a problem and I go to pick up the phone to call and realize that you are gone. 

Here are some worth mentioning.

I got to Spokane to see Sharon and her family, and yes, Mom, they are so happy to be there, although it is still cold in May.   It snowed last Friday!   The kids are so grown up and so polite, and so loving.   Sharon looks just like her daughters, and Dan is handsome as ever.   Danny is nearly as tall as his father.  They have a new little dog, Lillo, who is so cute, and so hard on shoes.

Kathy has found a darling apartment just around the corner at 1012 Oak Street, Alameda, CA 94501.  Her phone is 510-499-5431.  We went over today to see her place and had lunch at Jackson Park as the weather here has been really beautiful.  Here she is showing Pila and Bo something she found in the newly mowed grass.

Our yard is really beautiful right now, better looking than it's ever been. 

Here is your little memorial plot.

Guess what!   Celeste is moving out here to Alameda, too.   She will be living at 1012A Oak St., Alameda, CA 94501, right next to Kathy!!!
  And Katy will be taking your Bella (Dona).   I've told her to give her rides as she so enjoyed being wheeled around by you.  

Darling Rose and Mike have had a miscarriage this month.  I'm thinking of so many in the family who have suffered this way including you.   They'll be heading to Hawaii this month for a wedding and are really looking forward to the trip.   Little Logan will be going too.

Kathy and I have been rewatching Downton Abbey, I know you would have loved that series on PBS.  The next series of episodes is being filmed and we won't see them for a year.  But I guess you already know the end.   
I miss you, Happy Birthday, and Happy Mother's Day, too.

 I love you a million zillion trillion.   Your girl, Irene (and family)

PS.   Click on the photos for a better view