FOR MY DAD, FROM YOUR DAUGHTER

    HEXAGON

  You are shaped to pure
                                                               
  perfection
                                                       
  In your abstract purity

  At every corner you represent

  a breakage from the scene

  That life so purposely forces
  onto you

   For you are not as simple as a

   Circle

   And a triangle, far too lean

   Communication, union,
   balance, you have lost so
   effortlessly

   You epitomize the inability to
   be simple

   You strike out at every corner

   Yet, in a triumph to not wander
   too far

   You return

   And,

   with it

   complete a whole

HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY!

My husband turned 60 on Friday!  I organized a small gathering for him.  He was very reluctant about this, but actually landed up enjoying it!!!

WE SURVIVED THE MALL AND A NIGHT AWAY!!

Well, we survived out trip to the mall and actually the most stressful thing was our two boys scrapping at each other - ha ha!  We managed so much better in his new car and he seemed a lot more content than usual.  Once or twice he was a bit confused and wondered where he was.  I was worried about the apartment we were spending the night in, as we had to contend with 2 flights of stairs, but we managed that as well!  This morning was an early riser as we had to be up by 5:15 am to get our youngest son off to boarding school, but my husband was an absolute champ!  The wheelchair was a huge help.  It is one we are renting from the Red Cross but it is rather primitive.  So...we are looking into buying a new one which will make his Alfa even more fancy!

TAKING ON A NEW LEASE ON LIFE

Whether it's an Alfa Romeo, Cadillac or BMW, who cares!!!  Besides soccer and music, he absolutely loved cars and loved driving them.  It devastated him when he could no longer drive and he has talked a lot over the last 2 years about his cars.  Yesterday I believe we hit the jackpot! I told him that I was going to rent him a wheelchair, so that we could take him on walks and wheel him around the malls.  He was dead against the idea but I went and got it anyway.  I took him for his first walk in it yesterday, just about killed myself in the process, as we live in a very hilly suburb........what a workout! He absolutely loved it and last night had such a grin on his face, he thought he had been driving his Alfa!!!!  Today I took him to the beach and he loved that even more.  This has opened up a whole new lease on life for him, especially as he thinks he is driving again.  On Sunday we are braving the mall and a night away and will take his new car for another ride.