passings....

ok, so the father of one of my oldest friends passed away today.....in albequerque, new mexico.....from a heart attack....my mother's prime reason for recovering from her shoulder surgery was to go out and visit this man.....who lost his wife a bit earlier than i lost my dad........this fine fellow was not actually our family doctor....though we all knew him as doc......he had a passion for photography.......and took my wedding pictures as a gift....they were all yellowed...because he chose a curious speed...but i treasure them nevertheless.......my middle child is the amy blanche h. of his class.......she was the valedictorion of my graduating class...national merit finalist...i was a far-flung also-ran in her wake.........she graduated with honors from bryn mahr...amd went to med school as her father's legacy......she was in med school when i was in grad school in cincinnati....and we did get together several times.......with her partner........and i was pleased to inherit the no-longer-needed baby boy clothes that she and her partner no longer needed when they gave up on donated-sperm fertilization......and i was sad to learn that she and her partner went their separate ways.........when she moved to albequerque....in some ways my mom is as upset with doc's passing as she was with my dad's.....his passing was a relief.....while doc's is the end of a mission........now she will have to come up with another place to go as an end to rehab.........she and i have that in common...the need for a desistination.......maybe she will go anyway.......included as a stop on her other favorite-people places...boulder to see the couple she and my dad finished OSU with.....and texas to see her childhood friend at an army base in the south........and as for me.....well.......i am flattered that my old friend thought to leave me a message on my machine after all these years........i will keep her in my prayers......