3/7/2011 Dad died
3/8/1928 Mom was born
I remember Mom and Dad with fondness
Smiles
Secret Smirks
Quirks recalled
Wisdom dispensed
Mom reading Dr. Seuss
Then the horror
That tumor
The pain
The confusion
Missed events
Dad slipping away
in Alzheimer’s
The frailty
The helplessness.
I miss you both.
I remember you both.
My 4 oldest were held by you both.
My grand children don’t remember.
2 more generations and
All you were and all you did
will pass from memories.
What a tragedy.
Measureable progress 
There is no tragedy in living a good life with a loving family and modest accomplishments. Your parents live on through you and everything you’ve passed on to your children, and what they pass on to their children, and so on. They also live through the students they taught, the friends they made, and the millions of little ways they affected the world around them. No one disappears from this world because the echoes of their lives are infinite. Look at our family tree. Generations came before you and for many all we know now are names and dates. But without them, there would be no YOU and without you, there would be no ME.
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