'I wouldn't have missed it for the world'
I don't really do Valentine's Day. I'm more about Gal-entines, truth be told. And 15 Feb, because I love when chocolate and flowers get greatly reduced. 🤣🙈 I've been thinking about about my parents this month, it being the 3rd year since full year without my dad and 15 years since that whole catching on fire thing. The day my mom died, we got back into the F150 and drove the very short distance to the Fisher House. The radio was playing 'I wouldn't have missed this for the world,' which felt apt, because as nuts as she drove me, there really isn't anyone quite like her. Jim hopped on the ferry 3 years ago today and I've often thought that was one of his more thoughtful gestures to his beloved, because he'd never been great at being able to express his love or at gifts. As a pre-teen, he'd drop me at the mall to sort something Once I was old enough to drive, he'd send me out to find something as a gift, a shopping bloodhound. This i...