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| Colors Starting to Fade out Back |
Today’s complete intertwined with
memories. This would have been my mother’s 82nd birthday but she never made it
to her 71st. A complicated woman does not begin to describe her and
the turmoil of her later years have graciously faded, allowing me to remember
the brilliant “Mom” of my youth. She of the indescribable chocolate chip
cookies, a ready laugh, a love of the written word and occasionally even
tossing the odd Cantankerous Friend into a snow bank when he failed to say
hello. Happy Birthday Mom – I wish you could see the adults those two grandkids
of yours developed into. Rest well.
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| Mom and I |
Today is also Panamanian Independence
Day. I could never have predicted that small, beautiful country would become so
intertwined in my life when I first set foot there in 1981. When Army friends heard
I was being assigned there, all of them said, almost to a man, its hot but it also
has the most beautiful women in the world. They were right on both accounts and
less than a year later I found myself married to one of those beauties.
It’s been over 30 years since I
discovered Panama and my Favorite Panamanian’s eyes still flash. I love going
back there because of the people, especially my wife’s family and the
incredible power of almost non-stop laughter. Life is so much richer when you spend
a majority of the time laughing with it. So Happy Birthday Panama! Thanks for
lending me one of your most divine exports. She is truly the salsa of life.
Speaking of said salsa she was hard at
work over in the weekend in California creating empanadas (yet another welcome
export of Panama). My daughter’s cat was fascinated with the process while standing
in at Buddy’s normal post. The WingMan arrives back in L.A. today from his tour
so he’ll be there for the birth of the First Blog Reader. I know there was a
huge sigh of relief from a certain tour bus that no early arrivals manifested;
so happy for them right now.
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| Pee Wee Admiring Panamanian Culture |
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| May Have Gone Overboard Today |
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