Semitough: Suburban Guerrilla – Random thoughts on life in my own home trailer park

It’s been over a month since I posted The Long Goodbye. The past 6 weeks have become more variations on that theme. Back to the funeral home to select a headstone. Trips to visit the gravesite, etc. At the time it all happens you think everyone has heard, you have talked to or texted with or instant messaged with hundreds of…

My wife hated Alka Seltzer. She could have the worst indegestion ever and would drive to the store to buy Tums instead of drinking Alka Seltzer. But she bought Alka Seltzer. We have never run out in 29 years. She bought it because it is the only thing that helps MY indigestion. These are the issues of my new reality.…

It started on Friday, December 16, 2016. I didn’t know it at the time, but in hindsight it has become clear. This was the day we started the long process of losing little bits of Kim, saying goodbye, hoping they would return. Things like her voice, her laugh, her wit. All were there till almost the end but eroded. Sometimes…