Do you have a story you'd be willing to share about Hook or Allan or Al or Dr. Hook? If so, I'd love to receive it via email so I could: Read these to Hook. He seems to enjoy having me read to him just before he dozes off. (I read to him all of … Continue reading Calling for Hook Stories
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It All Began with Wheat Gluten: Part II
(Click here for It All Began With Wheat Gluten: Part I) Hook loves to brag, “I almost didn’t get a second date!” If it hadn’t been for the wheat gluten, he may not have. Neither Hook nor I were the common 20 to 30-year-olds when we met. I was 42 and Hook was 53. His balding … Continue reading It All Began with Wheat Gluten: Part II
It All Began with Wheat Gluten: Part I
Wheat gluten. Not the most romantic offer a man can give a woman but if the man is Hook and the woman is me, it becomes a gift that leads to falling in love which leads to marriage which leads to caring for someone until they do not need your care anymore. When Hook and … Continue reading It All Began with Wheat Gluten: Part I
The Gift of Time
There was this whole story I was concocting in my head about how to lead you to the updated news. Perhaps if I had cried less in the last month I could muster the enthusiasm and passion I normally feel, but since I’ve had to put my big girl panties on then I’m going to … Continue reading The Gift of Time
Timing is Everything
“I haven’t posted a blog in weeks,” I said as he sat down at the kitchen table. “I know.” “I don’t know what to say.” My words lingered in the air waiting for his reply. With a hint of resignation in his voice and as he pushed himself up from the table to stand, he … Continue reading Timing is Everything
Hook the Comedian
It’s a Saturday and I’m laughing to myself because I only have the cat, Gatita, as company. Hook drove to Port Aransas yesterday morning for a long weekend of fishing and to enjoy a time of de-stress before he begins a new round of chemo treatments in another week. I worried that he shouldn’t be … Continue reading Hook the Comedian