I thought that for the benefit of the younger members of the Samblog we should post some recollections of Mom & Dad on or around their Yahrzeits.
For me personally, the scene replays in my mind's eye over & over again of when Mom collapsed as I was helping her get from the living room to the back of the house. For many years that was what i saw every night as I was trying to fall asleep. Fortunately, memories fade & I no longer see that scene involuntarily, but unfortunately memories fade & I have trouble recalling happy vivid memories.
Having now been married 25 years, it seems that celebrating one's Silver Anniversary was a bigger deal back then when we so elaborately planned Mom & Dad's surprise 25th anniversary party. (to be continued)
Ah yes I remember the planning of that party. I was in college and I kept on calling mom's friends to tell mom they couldn't take her to Rabbi Buchwald's wedding in the city. Mom was getting frustrated because she really didn't want to drive and felt she was always giving rides. I needed the car that Sunday to go to Sephardic NH for a site visit so she had to drive Nat to the shul with his DJ eqipment. I still see her walking down the steps of the shul all dressed up carrying DJ equipment.
ReplyDeleteThe night before Dad sort of guessed we were throwing a party.