When Parents Live Many States Away
Sue and I got married in Texas, no family present. Only Friends. I know this irked some, but as it turned out, it was the only way to be fair to everyone. I worked for Texas Instruments for awhile. Eric Read More …
Category: Memories
The Gambit That Backfired
Mom knew that once you retire, you tend to stop…stop doing. Stop thinking, just stop. Oh please. After Dad retired…for the third time, Mom had a great plan. She decided that she was going to coerce him to go back Read More …
House Drinks
I don’t know about before, but by the time we returned from Texas, [there was] the House Drink –would you care for a Manhattan? Dad was the kitchen lifter for Mom, picking up the heavy stuff with her right at Read More …
Not a Gardener
Sue observes that he (Father Christensen) liked to taker her to tour through the garden. He always pointed out the horseradish and asked her if she knew what they were. Dad loved his azaleas and camellias (made a video of Read More …
On Teaching One’s Sons
I’m convinced that Dad was a better teacher than I. Dad, being the son of a carpenter, liked to do woodwork. He also liked lapidary. He would build things. In the process, he would show me how things were built. Read More …
Taking Care of Others
Dad’s purpose in life was to take care of Mom. He would make the off color joke and she would sigh and roll her eyes but they both knew what their relationship meant. Some 8 years later, more or less, Read More …
Econo-Man
Other things became apparent that I hadn’t noticed before. The econo-man striketh. With coupons in hand, Mr. Bulk Buy would make his sojourn to Albertson’s. I remember one episode where they ended up paying him to take boxes of cereal. Read More …
Generosity
Kurt was always like Father Christmas and gave unselfishly to family, friends and causes with money, goods and his time. Read More …