oh what a day!

I went to our local Martin Luther King day celebration this morning.  The weather was "not bad" but a bit cold and windy.  Bruce folks drove over and Future City marched up in there at just the right time.  I was one of about six white folks there and I kinda' felt out of place but yet again no.  I was surrounded by friends and folks that I know and we were enjoying a day of rights for all races and genders.  The mayors did their thing with the certificates and such and the preacher went way long giving testimony about how Dr King changed his life.  He changed mine as well because I remember those days of strife.  I was born then, ya' know.  I was in the fifth grade when schools became integrated in Dyersburg.  There was one guy in my class named Vernell who always kept a pencil behind his ear.  Mrs. Nixon hated that! 

The girls were here when I got home and I showed Reaves the program and asked her if she knew who that guy was.  "Mawtin Wuther King" she exclaimed!  I about died.  She's only five and knows what is important. 

My friend from the 'gentral died shortly after we met at the local hospital.  Brain bleed, I'm told.  Yesterday I stopped to visit her mother by choice and we had a nice long conversation in the sunny driveway.  "She was all I had" said Nancy.  There were cats galore and even a sign on the back door warning about them. Her funeral is tomorrow and I may or may not make it but I remember being with her when she left this world.  "What a sweet lady that cared for her" said Nancy.  I told her flat out that it wasn't me but God.  He put me at the right place at the right time.  Otherwise June would have been driving them home and possibly injured others.

Poopie still ain't acting right.  I have an appointment with a surgeon to see what's up.  It bleeds around the edges and leaks a lot.  I have one of those that is flush to the abdomen and hard to manage.  I'm learning.  Maybe it needs to be revised or something. Who knows.  I went by see my friend Jimmy today and got a complimentary Gatorade which is always nice.  We are polar opposites on politics but there's a strong friendship there.

IMHO, that's the way it should be ^j^