This Is A Very Sad Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                             It may be the end of April, girls, but, for me, even the end is not kind to me.

                            This day is sad for two specific reasons.  Today, if still alive, my father would have been 111!  Yes, this is/was his birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                             The second reason is nine years ago today, in 2017, my childhood friend Doug died of complications from alcoholism, self-neglect and sepsis.  He was only 62, even younger than my mother who died at 64.

                                I remember so well the moment I heard he died.  There were grief and sadness, to be sure, but also a bit of anger.  "Why did he have to die on THIS day?" I asked myself.  I would rather he had passed on another, so this would always remain my father's birthday.

                                Alas, there are things beyond my control.  All I can do is remember and pray on this day, and then before I know it, April will be over and I can move on.

                                  I still wish the Easter Bunny would pay me a visit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!