I'd like to tell you how I will spend it but am playing it by ear this year. Cleo had two medical appointments in Enid on Wednesday, so we braved the rain and made a stop at Walmart. Cleo hadn't been there for a while, so she had fun shopping. Her main focus was flowers for the family gravesites. To reassure she had made the correct stop, she ran into a friend who said our local store was well picked over.

I don't know if I will make it out to Short Springs for the meal and ceremony or not. My friend Don Rudy is in a rest home and I don't know if he will be there, but sure hope he can. Many th...