As for me, I felt like a good thing to do on my birthday would be to visit Mary's grave. So if you happened upon her grave this afternoon, you would have found me in a SUV with the tailgate open playing her favorite music through the car stereo. Fortunately, her grave is fairly near the car so playing music loudly isn't disturbing the neighbors...
Oh, and the grave is in Minnesota.
And for my Minnesota friends who I did not contact this visit, I'll connect next time. This visit is very short and I really did not want to socialize.
Some of you may wonder about her stone. Mary's maiden name is Mary Elizabeth Quirk. Her first husband was a Hughes and that is her children's name. Lamey is, of course, my name. After she retired she used that from time to time plus it does establish the link for some future researcher to make the connection.
"Unforgettable, In every way,
And forever more, that's how'll you'll stay"
Nat King Cole, Unforgettable
Sometimes the music triggers some pretty strong reaction from me. Those lines did that today.
One year I won the "Husband is a Horse's Arse Award". Somehow and with no justification on my part, I managed to forget her birthday and our anniversary. May that never happen to you! Well, given I am the recipient of that award, I have my suspicions that Mary managed to die on my birthday so that I could never forget. I guess that also explains my Mom's unexpected death on April 8 because I could never remember her birthday or anniversary either!
I'll be home Saturday.
Ciao,
p
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