Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Trip Journal

Made it Back to Colorado

Went to see Judy and Mike in Lincoln
Ate out at Perkins.
Didn’t realize that I had picked the restaurant
that my four sisters and I ate at in the early morning hours
after Mom had just passed away.
Now, sixteen years later.
Sixteen years?
How could that even be possible?
Do the math. 1999-2015. Sixteen years.
And then Dad died two months after that.
Now, we munched on eggs, bacon, pancakes
and enjoyed each other’s company.
Back at Judy’s we played Splendor
Promising this was the last game
then we’d go, about ten times.
We reserved a room in a motel
past Denver to make an easier trip the next day.
As we neared, it seemed to be getting farther away.
At last we arrived. A bed never felt that good. 

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