I took my dad to Tupper Lake to visit the graves of loved ones on this Memorial Day. He always has gone to put flowers on the graves on Memorial Day. After a busy weekend at the car show in Plattsburgh, I would have preferred to veg around the house but I knew it was important to him so off we went to buy 4 arrangements for the graves of his mother and father; his two brothers and my mom.
We had a nice trip up to Tupper; a beautiful day for a drive and I was glad we went. It struck me how most of the people I know are now in that cemetery; we laughed at how few live people we had to visit. Not sure why we can laugh about it but we did. We also had a laugh at the cemetery when he took a "tumble" and landed on his back on the ground near one of the headstones. I cautioned him not to lie there too long as the guy with the backhoe would be coming over... Gallows humor I guess.
He said he is getting too old to do the Memorial Day honors (at age 93) and from now on younger ones will have to take over. He has always taken care of his family and doesn't forget those no longer with him. It's a nice thing he does.
We also went to visit his lone living brother (he also has a sister alive in Mass.) and my niece who now lives in his house. We toured the yard (she was mowing) looking at all his beautiful flowers (well... hers now...) especially the multitude of forget-me-nots. I love them and have some growing around my home that I brought home as seeds he picked for me. He was happy to see Tara taking good care of his former home and told her so. He said it looks more like a home now than when he lived there. It was a good trip and he really enjoyed the day.
2 comments:
a wonderful picture.....and it sounds like a wonderful day!
thank you for taking such good care of him for us all.
I am so glad he was able to get out to do that and also that he enjoyed how the house is turning out with Tara there! Give him a BIG hug and kiss from me as always, love to all of you.
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