the little things that make a difference
“I just wiggled one ear. Can you do that?” Denny wiggles his ears and I laugh. “It looks really cute when you wiggle your ears.” “The children think it’s cute too when I wiggle my ears.” “Really? You wiggle your ears for the children?” Denny nods, his eyes wide open and bright as he continues… Continue reading Episode 30 – Cute Ears
I selected two meats, a vegetable and a fried rice at the Bourbon Grill in the food court at the mall, to take home. “I like the supper you made,” Denny tells me as we sit down to Bourbon grilled chicken, stir fried beef and green beans in our own home. Where we grew up,… Continue reading Episode 29 – A Perfect Rainy Day
Denny is baking biscuits. But they’re not biscuits. They’re scones, he tells me. They look good. Our son is coming over for coffee. His wife is working. Now Denny is roasting coffee beans. I finally allowed him to do it inside during the winter instead of outside on the balcony. He’s very careful to vacuum… Continue reading Episode 28 – Target
“All I want is for you to do what makes you happy. That’s what will make me happy,” Denny said. Sometimes when I’m unhappy, Denny gets stressed and says things that he regrets later. But it’s all in an effort to get me to be happy. He’s just looking out for me. He wants the… Continue reading Episode 27 – Understanding
“Have you ever been unfaithful to me?” I came right out and asked him. I wanted to know. After thirty years. It happens. A lot of women don’t even know. I needed to know. I just heard of a man who committed suicide when his wife found out he had a pregnant mistress in the… Continue reading Episode 26 – No Cheating
We are having lunch, well, dinner at the ABC Restaurant. I last ate at ten in the morning and now it is four in the afternoon, so dinner. Breakfast really. That’s what Denny is ordering. Lucky for Denny there is a place that serves breakfast all day. He loves his sausages and eggs. Denny orders… Continue reading Episode 25 – We Live Till We Die
“It used to be that when I’d wake up in the morning I couldn’t stand on my foot. I’d fall over. I’d be in such pain. Even that is almost negligible now that I’m going to the gym. I get up and I can stand on my foot. It didn’t used to be that way.”… Continue reading Episode 24 – Vicks
