Day 1: 2 Trains

Left this morning at about 6:30 (thanks to Dad for taking us to the Amtrak station downtown…and extra kudos for showing up at 5 a.m. to do so!) on a coach class train to Chicago. My very first train ride, not counting the Frisco-Wabash out in Glencoe or the Zoo-line train. I was impressed by the roomy seats and big windows. I was not impressed by the airliner-type potties and two bucks for a can of pop. Breakfast was good: a ham, egg and cheese biscuit samich that M would never in a million years eat if he weren’t on vacation.

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Farewell, Auntie Betty

We said good-bye to my Auntie Betty today. I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to write something for her and share it with friends and family.I’ll admit that it was hard for me to write something for my Auntie Betty. She was such a unique person, so different from anyone else I’ve ever known…how do you capture that sort of personality in words? I dug back through my memories and realized that knowing Betty was something of an educational experience. No, really. Bear with me here.There are a few things I’ve learned from my Auntie, and I’d like to share them with you today:

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MOTDs and Shoes

Lately, I’ve been dreading picking Zozer up from school. It’s not that I don’t want to see her…I really do and my heart still flips over when she sees me, lights up, and comes barrelling across the playground to hug me.

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